The New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan has spent the past 11 years covering President Trump through three political campaigns, his first, and now second, term in office and the ongoing war with Iran. Swan says aside from the COVID-19 pandemic, he can’t remember a time where Trump looked “as stuck as he looks right now.”
“It’s pretty clear he realizes that this war [with Iran] has not gone well, has not played out the way that Netanyahu pitched him or that Trump himself thought [it] would play out,” Swan says. “Trump is someone who is naturally given to hubris, but I think we saw a very extreme version of that with this war.”
Swan and his co-author Maggie Haberman spoke with more than 1,000 sources for their new book, Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump. The book paints a picture of an unrestrained president remaking the American government and its international relations in profound ways.
These people are more responsible for Trump than voters and as responsible as billionaires. They could have exposed all this during his stupid TV show and presidency but selfishly sold themselves and their news consumers out for more money. Fuck. Them.
I know that Maggie Haberman has been vocal about it for years.
She saved the worst for her cash cows.
Yep, and can you blame her? Trump’s evil hasn’t been a secret since the grab em by the pussy tape, and he still got elected twice. Might as well cash in. Good for her.
Like a true journalist, right?