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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"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 thats different than you thought?
No, honestly. I think he is who I thought he was. I dont think that has really changed. I think the degree to which he was willing to honestly sort of, it isnt 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. Youre 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. Theres no difference. Theres no difference for him in the White House to the campaign, and theres no difference from him in the campaign to Twitter voice, celebrity, reality showstar Donald Trump. No. I have not been surprised about anything hes done.
Do you think Trumps 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 dont think he particularly likes living in the White House. I certainly dont think he enjoys the job. In fairness, I think that most presidents dont 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 thats different than you thought?
No, honestly. I think he is who I thought he was. I dont think that has really changed. I think the degree to which he was willing to honestly sort of, it isnt 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. Youre 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. Theres no difference. Theres no difference for him in the White House to the campaign, and theres no difference from him in the campaign to Twitter voice, celebrity, reality showstar Donald Trump. No. I have not been surprised about anything hes done.
Do you think Trumps 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 dont think he particularly likes living in the White House. I certainly dont think he enjoys the job. In fairness, I think that most presidents dont 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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"This is who he is. This is all who he is. This is always who he is. There's no difference." (Original Post)
Miles Archer
May 2018
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annabanana
(52,791 posts)1. Others may not have "loved the job" while doing it, but
they all recognized its import, and that doing it to the best of their ability was a Duty to Country.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)2. Everything he is is fake.
(Except the sexual assaults.)
With no knowledge of his own, he is a patsy for whomever he allws near who can speak confidently and flatter him.
BigMin28
(1,170 posts)3. A true know nothing
And he's actually proud of it.