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"This is who he is. This is all who he is. This is always who he is. There's no difference."
Maggie Haberman and the Toxic Swamp
Is there one thing about reporting on Trump or thinking about the way he as a human being operates that you feel like you got wrong or misinterpreted or underestimated? Is there some way that you view him now that’s different than you thought?
No, honestly. I think he is who I thought he was. I don’t think that has really changed. I think the degree to which he was willing to honestly sort of, it isn’t take advice, but to allow himself to be soothed or placated on a number of different policy fronts over the course of the first year surprised me. You’re seeing him do a massive course correction on that now. But no, I mean, this is who he is. This is all who he is. This is always who he is. There’s no difference. There’s no difference for him in the White House to the campaign, and there’s no difference from him in the campaign to Twitter voice, celebrity, reality show–star Donald Trump. No. I have not been surprised about anything he’s done.
Do you think Trump’s enjoying his job at all?
No. I do not. I have never thought he is enjoying this job. I think he enjoys the title Mr. President. I think he enjoys Air Force One, Marine One, the big car, having a lot of Secret Service, his Diet Coke bell, all of that stuff. I don’t think he particularly likes living in the White House. I certainly don’t think he enjoys the job. In fairness, I think that most presidents don’t love the job when they are in it, but I think that others have experienced it quite differently.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/maggie-haberman-on-michelle-wolf-sarah-sanders-twitter-and-trump.html
Is there one thing about reporting on Trump or thinking about the way he as a human being operates that you feel like you got wrong or misinterpreted or underestimated? Is there some way that you view him now that’s different than you thought?
No, honestly. I think he is who I thought he was. I don’t think that has really changed. I think the degree to which he was willing to honestly sort of, it isn’t take advice, but to allow himself to be soothed or placated on a number of different policy fronts over the course of the first year surprised me. You’re seeing him do a massive course correction on that now. But no, I mean, this is who he is. This is all who he is. This is always who he is. There’s no difference. There’s no difference for him in the White House to the campaign, and there’s no difference from him in the campaign to Twitter voice, celebrity, reality show–star Donald Trump. No. I have not been surprised about anything he’s done.
Do you think Trump’s enjoying his job at all?
No. I do not. I have never thought he is enjoying this job. I think he enjoys the title Mr. President. I think he enjoys Air Force One, Marine One, the big car, having a lot of Secret Service, his Diet Coke bell, all of that stuff. I don’t think he particularly likes living in the White House. I certainly don’t think he enjoys the job. In fairness, I think that most presidents don’t love the job when they are in it, but I think that others have experienced it quite differently.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/maggie-haberman-on-michelle-wolf-sarah-sanders-twitter-and-trump.html
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