"Confidence Man" by Trump Biographer Maggie Haberman
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4.7 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Confidence Man. The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by the foremost interpreter of Donald Trump, the New York Times' Maggie Haberman. Haberman, a Pulitzer Prize winner, takes a different approach to the “Trump Book.” She goes all the way back to his days in New York to understand the man who became president. Who, she says, is not much different than the man who raged through New York in the ‘70’s, ‘80’s and ‘90’s. If you want to understand Donald Trump, you have to understand Donald Trump in that uniquely New York milieu. Bill loved the book and you can buy a copy here
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends and neighbors. |
| 0:08.3 | Welcome back to the Bill Press Pod. |
| 0:11.6 | If you're an author, it doesn't get much better than this. |
| 0:14.8 | Maggie Haberman's new book, Confidence Man, debuted this week at number one on Amazon and number one in the New York Times. |
| 0:24.1 | And believe me, it's a blockbuster of a book. |
| 0:27.7 | The most in-depth portrait of Donald Trump we've seen so far. |
| 0:32.1 | And to me, the title says it all. |
| 0:35.2 | Haberman paints Donald Trump as the confidence man he is and has always been. |
| 0:41.9 | As a developer, he lied, he cheated, he bullied, he insulted people, he surrounded himself with |
| 0:47.8 | obnoxious people like Roy Cone and Roger Stone. As president, he lied, he cheated, he bullied, he insulted people, and again, |
| 0:57.2 | he surrounded himself with obnoxious people like Steve Ben and Rudy Giuliani and still Roger Stone. |
| 1:04.3 | And he's doing the same thing as ex-president. |
| 1:08.3 | Look for the Pulitzer Prize for the Confidence Man, the making of Donald Trump, |
| 1:13.0 | and the breaking of America. But first, Maggie Haberman herself joins us on today's podcast. |
| 1:21.2 | Maggie Haberman, welcome to the Bill Press Pod. Thank you so much for joining us. |
| 1:25.8 | Thank you for having me. |
| 1:28.9 | Well, so Maggie, I read on Politico that you were a little nervous before the book came out because you weren't sure anybody |
| 1:34.1 | would like it. Now, you're number one on the New York Times and number one on Amazon. You're feeling |
| 1:41.0 | a little better of the book? |
| 1:46.8 | I'm very happy that it found an audience. I think every person who writes a book is concerned before it goes out into the world. |
| 1:53.0 | But you know, you know this bill because you read it, but it's a different kind of book. |
| 1:59.3 | And I was, you know, hopeful that people |
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