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Good Thursday morning. I'm Jake Sherman. Welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio briefing.

And I'm Anna Palmer. We've got some news this morning. Maggie Haberman is writing a book about Donald Trump. What else do we need to say about this? You know it's going to be awesome.

Maggie has been a singular force in national political reporting for a decade, first at Politico,

and since 2015 at the New York Times, where she won a Pulitzer.

She first owned the Hillary Clinton beat and then seamlessly became the single best Trump reporter, period.

The book, which will be out in 2022, will chronicle Trump's early years in New York,

his rise, his presidency, and whatever comes next for the 45th president. Maggie is a native

New Yorker, so she is familiar with the world Trump comes from. Javillans Matt Latimer and Keith

Urban negotiated the book deal for Haberman, and Penguin Press is the publisher.

Ron Clayne is White House chief of staff. Clayne has been the top choice for someerman, and Penguin Press is the publisher. Ron Clayne is White House

Chief of Staff. Clayne has been the top choice for some time, so this should come as no surprise.

The Times notes that Clayne's hire is a signal he intends to rely on a tight circle of Washington

insiders who have been by his side for years. Clayne first went to work for Biden in the 1980s

and served as his chief of staff

when he was VP. Here are some names you should keep an eye on for big roles in the Biden White House

world. Shawanza Gough, Steny Hoyer's floor director is in the mix for Ledge Affairs director.

Goff has great relationships on both sides of the aisle and has been a key to House Den leadership,

so this would be the most logical choice for Team Biden. The key to ledge affairs director is knowing the modern makeup of Congress,

which Goff does perhaps better than anybody. Luis Terrell, the former executive director of the

Biden Foundation is also in the mix. Terrell worked in the Obama White House lead shop and for Biden

on the hill for years. Also in the mix, Shalanda Young for OMB director.

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