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Jason Zengerle’s GQ article “Bill Clinton’s Big Moment: His Health, His Battle Plan for Trump, and What He’ll Do if Hillary Wins” talks about Clinton’s health, his role in campaigning for Hillary, his general life as an ex-president, and his role in a possible Hillary presidency. The first topic that Zengerle talks about in his article is Bill’s role as ex-president. As ex-president, he writes books and builds museums to remember his accomplishments. Now, his wife, Hillary is running for president. Adjusting to being in the background of Hillary’s campaign was a huge challenge for Bill in 2008. One Democratic insider close to the former president characterized his background role this way: ”It’s hard for him. He’s the guy who’s used to batting cleanup, and suddenly someone says, ‘Just go over there and give me signs, and I’ll hit’” (qtd. In Zengerle). He has adjusted to that role much better in 2016, Zengerle reports. Zengerle shares an experience that Bill had with a student at Oakland. Her name was Emma. She asked Bill if her and her boyfriend could recreate the picture behind Rabin and Arafat with Bill. That was a famous shot with Clinton. He hesitated at first, but that quickly changed. He proffered a memory. Emma didn’t ask for a picture. As ex-president, he gave a speech at the democratic national …show more content…

Ron Burkle was a traveling companion of Clinton. Burkle was a billionaire. Ron let Clinton use his private jets to travel to Africa and underwriting medical clinics that he was starting there. Burkle was a concern of people because he was a playboy, people believed that his private jets were just a place for fornication. Burkle introduced women to Clinton, including Burkle’s girlfriend who Clinton had mistaken as his granddaughter. People knew that Ron was bad news for Clinton. They felt that Burkle might jeopardize Hillary’s election if she made it that far, enough though she

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