About this episode

John Heilemann interviews Maggie Haberman about her book on Donald Trump's presidency and the complexities of his second term.

John welcomes back New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman to discuss her runaway No. 1 bestseller, “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump,” co-authored with Jonathan Swan; why the story of second-term Trump is less about how he’s changed than how he’s the same as ever, only more so; the degree to which retribution and self-enrichment are animating impulses of Trump 2.0; and the challenges of getting to the truth about a president for whom deceit and delusion are default settings.

People in this episode

Host: John Heilemann

Guest: Maggie Haberman

Topics covered

• Trump presidency
• political analysis
• media insights
• truth and deception
• second-term challenges

Keywords

• Maggie Haberman
• Donald Trump
• Regime Change
• politics
• White House
• media
• deception
• self-enrichment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times

Books & works: Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump

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