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Haberman’s New Book Details Trump’s Transphobic and Anti-Gay Behavior<!-- wp:html --><p>Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty</p> <p>When Donald Trump was preparing to debate Hillary Clinton in 2016, he had an oddly specific question for an imaginary transgender student: “Cock or without cock?”</p> <p>This scene of crude, transphobic behavior is just one of the revelations in <em>New York Times</em> Trump reporter Maggie Haberman’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Confidence-Man-Making-Breaking-America/dp/0593297342">soon-to-be-released book</a>.</p> <p>Haberman presents Trump as a boorish homophobe obsessed with sexuality and appearing masculine—often to the horror of his aides—and details a number of instances, over the course of decades, when Trump’s true colors shone through.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/maggie-habermans-new-book-details-donald-trumps-transphobic-and-anti-gay-behavior?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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When Donald Trump was preparing to debate Hillary Clinton in 2016, he had an oddly specific question for an imaginary transgender student: “Cock or without cock?”

This scene of crude, transphobic behavior is just one of the revelations in New York Times Trump reporter Maggie Haberman’s soon-to-be-released book.

Haberman presents Trump as a boorish homophobe obsessed with sexuality and appearing masculine—often to the horror of his aides—and details a number of instances, over the course of decades, when Trump’s true colors shone through.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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