"A Presidency Totally Out of Control."
The Bill Press Pod
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🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Peter Baker, The New York Times Chief White House Correspondent and Susan Glasser, a Staff Writer for The New Yorker have created a masterpiece of journalism in their new book, The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021. It paints a presidency that was totally out of control, far worse than any we've ever experienced. You can buy the book here. I highly recommend it.
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| 1:04.7 | Hello, good friends, and welcome back. Welcome back to the Bill Press pod. You know, I think there are only two good things you can say about the Donald Trump presidency. Thank God it's over. And thank God we survived it, but barely. Even for those of us who lived and suffered through Trump's time in the White House, it's still hard to |
| 1:28.7 | believe how bad it was. But, as documented in a new book by veteran journalist Susan Glasser |
| 1:35.8 | and Peter Baker, those four years were even worse than we thought. Their new book, The Divider, |
| 1:44.1 | reflects the great reporting that both authors did, |
| 1:47.0 | Baker at the New York Times, Glasser at the New Yorker, under Trump. But looking back, |
| 1:52.4 | it also paints a presidency that was totally out of control, far worse than any we've ever experienced. |
| 2:01.2 | Baker and Glasser show that the violent attack on the Capitol on January 6th was not an apparition. |
| 2:07.9 | No, no, no. |
| 2:08.6 | It was the inevitable culmination of the lawlessness and rule-breaking that marked the Trump White House from day one. |
| 2:17.6 | The Divider. It's an important and compelling read. |
| 2:21.6 | Its authors, our guests today, are two of America's best political reporters. |
| 2:27.7 | Susan Glasser, Peter Baker, thank you for joining us on the Bill Press Pod, and welcome. |
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