Jonathan Swan

Australian journalist

31 stories

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Singed by his experience with staff he saw as ‘traitors’ in his first term, Trump harbored a suspicion and paranoia that could be set off by the flimsiest of accusations,
To Trump, this was unforgivable,
Trump would soon fill the senior ranks of the Justice Department with his most devoted loyalists—shattering the department’s post-Watergate history of independence and effectively turning the DoJ leadership into his personal law firm,
The President’s true goal was to drag into court the New York attorney general who had won a nearly half-billion-dollar civil fraud judgment against him,
Harp has carved out this role of being incredibly devoted to the president,
She’s just totally devoted to him. In Oval Office meetings she sits on the chair at the side of the room with her laptop open,

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White House ‘never quite recovered’ from early chaotic months of Elon Musk, top Trump reporter says

The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…

New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan appeared Friday on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” to discuss some details from their new book, “Regime Change,” and shared a few not-so-flattering anecdotes about tech tycoons’ relationships with the president, including a harsh observation about Elon Musk

HuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/nyt…

Trump ‘steals Melania’s decor to make his bedroom better than hers’

The Timesthetimes.com/us/american…

The reported interior design contest between the first couple has apparently created a headache for staff, who have found themselves in the middle, according to Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by The New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…

White House staff monitored Trump’s trash as he was sometimes throwing out high-end silverware, book claims

The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…

A forthcoming book about Donald Trump's presidency has made a series of unusual claims about his personal involvement in redecorating the White House, including an incident in which press secretary Karoline Leavitt allegedly found him holding a tube of superglue in the Oval Office

Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…

Journalists May Have Obtained Situation Room Recordings For Their Upcoming Book: Report

International Business Timesibtimes.com/journalists/may…

The report, published on Sunday, details the freakout going on behind the scenes at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, where top administration officials are bracing for the release later this month of Regime Change, the latest installment from two of the most well-sourced reporters in Washington, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan

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