Donald Trump "appeared to get bored" when discussing Northern Ireland with ex-Prime Minister Theresa May, a new book on the former US president has claimed.
New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman's much anticipated book Confidence Man also claims Mr Trump nearly fired his daughter. The book follows Mr Trump from his time as a New York businessman and details a number of his encounters with world leaders during his presidency.
On a meeting between Mr Trump and Ms May, the book says Northern Ireland was discussed but Mr Trump "appeared to get bored" and instead talked about an off-shore wind farm near one of his Scottish golf courses.
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He also reportedly asked if immigration had been a major factor in the Brexit referendum decision and criticised European leaders.
Earlier in the discussion the former US president reportedly mentioned abortion unprompted.
"Abortion is such a tough issue," he said. "Some people are pro-life, some people are pro-choice. Imagine if some animals with tattoos raped your daughter and she got pregnant?"
The book says Mr Trump pointed to his vice-president, Mike Pence, saying "he's the really tough one on abortion", and then asked Ms May if she was "pro-life". Her response was not reported.
The book draws from interviews with more than 200 sources, including former aides to Mr Trump, as well as three interviews with the former president himself.
It reports that Mr Trump wanted to fire his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner via Twitter - claims he has denied as "pure fiction".
Mr Trump also reportedly raised the prospect of bombing Mexican drug labs, had a fear of dying from Covid-19 after testing positive for the virus, and mistook a racially diverse group of Democratic staffers as waiters.
Ahead of the book's release, Mr Trump criticised Ms Haberman and said on his social media "another fake book is out" and there was "zero fact-checking".
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