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Posted: 2021-09-16T07:54:56Z | Updated: 2021-09-16T11:08:29Z

Donald Trump flipped out at then-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) for condemning white supremacists after the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a new book claims.

Ryan responded to Trumps infamous both sides rhetoric about the violence at the gathering with a tweet calling white supremacy repulsive .

Trump was apoplectic with Ryan over his comment, according to excerpts from The Washington Posts Bob Woodward and Robert Costas upcoming tell-all Peril that Insider published Wednesday .

Trump phoned Ryan and screamed about him not being in the foxhole with me, according to the book. Ryan reportedly told Trump he had a moral leadership obligation to get this right and not declare there is a moral equivalency here.

These people love me. These are my people, Trump raged at Ryan in response. I cant backstab the people who support me.

Ryan noted the presence of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville. Trump admitted there were some bad people.

I get that. Im not for that. Im against all that, he reportedly said. But theres some of those people who are for me. Some of them are good people.

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Ryan researched narcissistic personality disorders for weeks following Trumps 2016 election win in a bid to figure out how to work with the incoming president, wrote Woodward and Costa.