Donald Trump’s Soul | Interview: Olivia Nuzzi

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This interview was recorded prior to the apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Olivia Nuzzi, Washington correspondent for New York Magazine, joins Jamie to discuss her recent profile of Donald Trump, “I Examined Donald Trump's Ear — and His Soul. ”The Agenda: —Trump after the July 13 assassination attempt —Behind the iconic photo —How does Trump view himself? —Trump’s childhood home —Trump’s presidential portrait —Nuzzi’s profile of Joe Biden —“Humanizing” Donald Trump —Would Nuzzi profile anyone? The Dispatch Podcast is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a non-partisan, conservative perspective. To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including members-only newsletters, bonus podcast episodes, and weekly livestreams—click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the dispatch podcast this is Adam and I'm recording this on the evening of September 15th.
0:06.4	News has been coming out that Donald Trump may have been the target of a second assassination attempt today.
0:12.1	This episode however was recorded on Friday.
0:14.9	So any mention in this episode of an assassination attempt is in reference to the July 13th incident. The dispatch will of course cover the the interview with Olivia Nuzzi. Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast.
0:34.0	I'm Jamie Weinstein.
0:35.0	My guest today is Washington correspondent for New York magazine,
0:40.0	Olivia Nuzzi.
0:41.0	She is also the host of the Bloomberg TV show Working Capital
0:45.5	where she interviews prominent political figures. And the author of the recently
0:50.3	released New York magazine article, I examined Donald Trump's ear and soul at Maralago,
0:56.6	which was an extended interview with the former president at Maralago.
1:01.6	She has interviewed Donald Trump many times
1:04.2	since entering political life.
1:05.8	She is a well-known political profiler
1:09.4	and friend of mine and perhaps best friend of my wife or at least one of her best friends and we talk about a lot of different things in this
1:17.4	podcast including her interview with Donald Trump trying to get to who he is at his essence but also questions of who should people like her
1:26.2	profile is there limits to humanizing political figures and her piece a few
1:31.9	months ago on Joe Biden and his mental state which helped push
1:36.7	the former president out of the job in many ways. We get into whether he is fit to be president now. We talk about a lot of these
1:45.6	issues and many more. I think you're going to enjoy this episode so without
1:48.8	further ado I give you Olivia Nazi. Olivia Nuzzi, welcome to the dispatch podcast.
2:09.0	Thanks for having me.
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