198. How Trump’s Imperial Presidency Really Works
7/19/202653 min
How does the most chaotic White House in history actually make decisions? How did Netanyahu sell Trump on a regime change war in Iran? Who is the only world leader Trump is truly afraid of?
Alastair is joined by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, White House correspondents for the New York Times and authors of 'Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump' to discuss all these questions and more.
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First 90 secondsAlastair Campbell· Host0:00
Thanks for listening to The Rest Is Politics. Sign up to The Rest Is Politics Plus to enjoy ad-free listening, receive a weekly newsletter, join our members chat room, and gain early access to live show tickets. Just go to therestispolitics.com. That's therestispolitics.com. Is it chaotic, or is there a method to the madness?
Jonathan Swan· Guest0:17
The two people would have to manage the fallout from the biggest global energy shock in history. They just learn about this, you know, the day of.
Alastair Campbell· Host0:25
He was being compared with Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, Hitler, Mao Tse-tung, and Joseph Stalin.
Maggie Haberman· Guest0:32
This is a president who is operating so much on pure gut.
Alastair Campbell· Host0:36
The White House press corps generally have lost the battle of how to cover this guy.
Maggie Haberman· Guest0:40
What I think that the Trump era has shown more broadly, I would say, is the limits of what daily journalism can do.
Jonathan Swan· Guest0:46
Stephen Miller immediately saw that this was an opening to crush the left.
Alastair Campbell· Host0:50
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Alastair Campbell· Host1:20
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