Audio recordings of former President Donald Trump reveal he felt betrayed by reality star-turned-criminal justice advocate Kim Kardashian‘s support for President Joe Biden when he won the 2020 election.
Ramin Setoodeh, the author of Apprentice in Wonderland, a book about Trump’s time as a reality star, shared in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett that Trump was absolutely “wounded” when Kardashian celebrated Biden’s victory on social media.
“I think he feels wounded that he invited Kim Kardashian to the White House, and then she went on social media after Joe Biden was declared the winner in 2020 and posted three heart emojis on her social media to support the Biden-Harris administration,” Setoodeh said.
During his presidency, Trump had worked with Kardashian on passing the First Step Act, which reformed sentencing laws and the federal prison system.
“I was disappointed in Kim. … With Kim, I did a lot of prison reform that she couldn’t get done with anybody else,” Trump said in the recording played on Erin Burnett OutFront. “I let people out of prison that I thought were deserving to be let out. And then after it was all over, she announced that she’s not supporting me. … And she only did that to be cool in Hollywood.”
While writing his book, Setoodeh conducted a several hours long interview with Trump. His book was released this month.
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“After recognizing the importance of The Apprentice, its significant cultural impact on a global scale, and President Trump’s remarkable role in forever changing the landscape of entertainment, this ‘writer’ has now chosen to allow Trump Derangement Syndrome to rot his brain like so many other losers whose entire existence revolves around President Trump,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in an email to the Washington Examiner.
Meanwhile, Kardashian has worked with the Biden administration in her push for criminal justice reform. In April, she met with Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House to discuss pardons issued by Biden.