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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.

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[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 26 points 1 week ago

Trump likes to be talked about ... Stalin and Hitler are still talked about. Not a complicated game.

[–] newton@feddit.online 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just a loser and criminal ,nothing else

[–] deft@lemmy.wtf 6 points 1 week ago

I'll be honest they were loser criminals too. Loser criminals can do a lot of damage for the rest of us

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

And a bunch of toadies and bootlickers enabling him. And a bunch of morons who cheer him on.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lets compare him to his buddy epstein, then!

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

That obese thing would secretly like that, too. It wants people to know it can get away loads of bad shit, it's a power trip thing.

We should compare that disgusting thing to a pile of rotting cabbage or rancid gonorrhoea.

[–] SuiXi3D@fedia.io 13 points 1 week ago

Too bad he always chickens out of offing himself.

[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago

Well sure, he’s a dictator wannabe.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

mushroom dicktator can fuck off.

Add it to the lists of things he's turned to absolute fucking dogshit.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know that Maggie Haberman has been vocal about it for years.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She saved the worst for her cash cows.

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Like a true journalist, right?

[–] sen@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I hope his killer is wearing pervert glasses.