Confidence Man with Maggie Haberman // The American Story
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- The American Story with David M. Rubenstein
Recorded: May 13, 2023
Confidence Man
with Maggie Haberman
How does a man like Donald Trump-simultaneously hailed as an all-American hero and condemned as a harbinger of the end of American democracy-become not only a cultural phenomenon, but the president of the United States? Maggie Haberman, the New York Times reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of the 45th president, offers insight into his background, his motivations, and the true nature of his personality, not to mention the means by which he gained a seat in the Oval Office.
Maggie Haberman, a senior political correspondent for the New York Times and a political analyst for CNN, is the author of Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America. David M. Rubenstein (moderator), co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, is the author of How to Invest: Masters on the Craft and the host of History with David Rubenstein on PBS.
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Trump is a genius at one thing: Leveraging the vast untapped stupidity of America.
And HOW would YOU know that? Mz.Bot?
@friarnewborg9213
It doesn't take a bot to portray truth. Dunning-Kruger effect is a tsunami in the land... and it wears red hats.
Hilarious and so true! Your comment made me laugh out loud.😂
@@mortalclown3812
Beautiful comment🥀
@@mortalclown3812 Not really the true nature of the effect but great comment no less.
Greatest conman of all time. Such a huge threat to world peace and American democracy.
Trump is the only President who didn't get us into a war. In contrast, Biden got us into Ukraine and Gaza.
If Maggie Haberman’s work is credible- and I think it is- Trump isn’t quite the monster nor quite the superhero that his detractors and his followers would have us think he is. I appreciate the more balanced viewpoint. Mr. Trump is a danger to our democracy, and our experiences with Trump have exposed the dangers of iconoclasts like him. Our task now is to evaluate the weaknesses and create legislation to strengthen the elements that have, till now, been enforced by a sense of honor and responsibility.
You must be a Dem.
@@Seekthetruth3000what an edgy reply you really nailed them 🤡
The danger to democracy comes from the people who in the name of defending democracy try to keep their political opponents off the ballot.@@susan174
Mr Trump is a national embarrassment
A national disgrace as much as an embarrassment, if not more so, depending on your point of view.
oh sleepy joe is a real role model , he has not done one thing right
He's a national disgrace.
The embarrassment is that he's not already in jail.
Just go away, troll. This is not your forum.@@SilentBill-ze1gf
@@SilentBill-ze1gf He's avoided impeachments, criminal indictments, and court findings of liability pretty well.
Why is Maggie the only journalist that can cut through trumps bullsh?
She states the facts and sticks to them. No drama, just honesty.
Donald Trump apparently told a half truth about being sent to the military academy for striking his mom. Trump's parents were apparently given a choice between their son being tried for raping a teenager who lived a few blocks away from the family home or they could send him to a military academy to straighten him up & to protect the family name. However, he did hit his mom after she raged at him for being a rapist...
A special ring mission Skyrim style
She is not the only one.
@@AMunoz-rh9czNOPE,,,SHE’S,,,DEFINITELY,,NOT!!?
Bob Woodward would be disappointed in that remark
You've probably heard the Sinclair Lewis quote, 'When fascism comes to America it will be draped in the flag and carrying a cross'.
...and wearing a yarmulke!
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I do remember that
Scary
Yes. And it came in the 30's in the form of the American Bund. Brown shirts are still around.
@@Gledge9 Yeah, they're called Proud Boys now.
Gratified to hear Ms Haberman confirm pretty much everything I’ve thought and felt about Trump. He epitomises every ugly aspect of American culture and none of its better nature. I find everything about him to be revolting.
Absolutely nauseating I actually get sick to my stomach when I hear his voice - he's rotten to the core
Felt? What Trump policies do you take issue with?
@@paullampert6990
Almost all of them!!!!
When he left office the economy was in free fall, unemployment ballooned from 4.6% when he took office in 1/17 to 6.3% in 1/21 when he left office. He gave tax cuts to the wealthy (the Top 1%), while actually raising taxes on the middle class over 10 years, he tried to get rid of the ACA without ever proposing any type of plan to replace it, he loaded the supreme court with delusional, right-wing, religious zealots who have now over turned a woman's right to choose which had been the law of the land for the last 50 years, he's the first President in US history to leave office with a record of 2.9 million in jobs LOST during his administration, he constantly appointed totally unqualified idiots who he then fired. He presided over the 3rd highest Presidential deficit in US history while also ballooning the national debt to a staggering 28 trillion adding 10 trillion in ONLY 4 years!!! As a point of comparison Obama was handed a poor economy in free fall from Bush & served 8 years & only added 8 trillion. Trump's entire cabinet was like a revolving door of ill reputes of people in/people out, he's been convicted of sexual assault, he's an idiot that's clearly in cognitive decline. He complained about "election fraud" despite all court cases being dismissed for a lack of ANY evidence supporting that claim!! He called for a "suspension of the Constitution". This is just the tip of the iceberg!!!! Let me know if you need a deep dive on specific facts regarding any particular point.
@paullampert6990 - All of Trump's policies are bad, because they're based on lies & propaganda. His immigration policy was a disaster.
1. Trump didn't care if you are a refugee, a person seeking employment, or a criminal crossing the border illegally. He treated every immigrant as if they were all criminals.
2. His policy of separating minor immigrant children from their parents was illegal, immoral, dehumanizing, & emotionally traumatizing for both the children & their parents. It was also a public relations disaster for Trump. There was nothing he could do or say to make the policy seem good. Over 5,000 families were separated before the policy was ended.
Of course, the parents got lawyers & sued the US government in federal court. To prevent the court from imposing a massive money judgment against the US in the hundreds of millions of dollars, the Biden administration has agreed to reunite the families, & pay for counseling, medical care, housing, education, work permits for the parents, & yes, a pathway to legal status so the families can stay in this country, probably as resident aliens, temporary protected status or refugee status (short of citizenship).
Shall I name another of Trump's policies that was a complete disaster, or have you had enough?
@@paullampert6990 Personally, all of them.
Never in the history of our democracy has such an ill suited person been elected to the Oval Office. Totally disgraceful, vengeful, narcissistic behavior that so denigrated the office and our country’s standing globally. Holding my breath until November 2024
YUP,,,ME TOO,,,,RIGHT ALONG WITH,,ALMOST,EVERY OTHER,,,AMERICAN,,PERSON…..
Totally 👍 include the Supreme Court judges.
Remove the Tax Exempt Status of American Churches and fund public education. End the cults!
Christians did not storm the Capitol. Christians are not all the same. Unless you want us to attack your ignorance, leave that which you fail to understand alone.
@@twistoffate4791 *LIAR!* Typical Christian behavior.
@twistoffate4791 you're a liar and a Traitor
Christians are taught from birth to avoid critical thinking. Christians are geared toward facism and ignoring them is the mistake the Germans made before WWII
@@twistoffate4791 liar Christian
That crowd when he came down the escalator in 2015 were paid extras. I talked to someone who worked it. They got paid for half a day.
That seems about right! Shocking they actually got paid😂😂
@@lisa408t how many times did the news media report this? They cut corners to get their stories quickly on air, so they’re easy to fool. Then they fool the rest of us. Trump knew this and used the media to spread disinformation.
I don't doubt it. He did want to.go.intp cinema, after all. Daddy didn't want that though.
@lisa408t
Probably had to sign an NDA.
What a shame NYT buried at least 5 negative stories about trump in 2015.
Yes...
Interesting comment. I’d like to know more.
It doesn't matter. People in his cult support him BECAUSE he's terrible, not in spite of it.
And?
Trump supports violence, racism, cheating. He sold country to foreign on the sake of his own interest.
Learning to be a con artist when he was young , lies and dumb as dirt
Though I didn't learn anything I didn't already know, this was a super summary of "how we got here". Clear succinct answers, great reminder of what an awful person/president Trump is and was.
Yes. I agree. M. Hagerman does an excellent job. Absolutely great delivery. Very succinctly done, as always.
DJT never met a despot of dictator he didn't admire and envy.
"Stand back and stand by" is all you need to know.
Trump understands that his base really wants their Forth Reich here in America and they are willing to go to prison or die for it....
horrible president
horrible subhuman
Careful with your words
@@canadiancontent352
F Donald Jailbird Trump! Nothin to be careful about here!🤨🇺🇸
@grantsmythe8625 this type of language dehumanizes your opponents, your enemy, your foe, the world does not need more of this
@@canadiancontent352 F Donald Jailbird Trump! And I'm being VERY careful with my words!🤣🤣🤣🇺🇸🤨
@@canadiancontent352 Says the hypocrite.
“BLUFF,” was the most accurate word Maggie uttered about Trump.
How and why trump has even one supporter is crazy!
No,as Haberman shows he fits in with how many not just white Americans think or think wout depth or really scrutinize facts. It's tragic since it has allowed many freedoms being killed. Crazy Americans want no free voting ,thinking books,no gays,no CentralAmericans,no black power,no subversive politicizing.
Yet Biden is so much worse.
@@Logiconfire, you're in a cult.
because there are people who are greedy in our country, for one, and because there are hateful people who can relate to trumps actions and ways. They see themselves in him.
As a girl I was a babysitter, including infants. I've changed hundreds of diapers. As a model, I met Trump many times: he frequently had the smell of poopy pants.
Burgery jobbies
@@pifflepockle Do you use chopsticks?
@@pifflepockle An English sentence ends with punctuation. What about Chinglish?
@@pifflepockle No subscribers: the definition of a hate troll.
@@leannevandekew1996What are you on about? Im in Glasgow. I’m having a beer and a cheese toastie
In 1986-7 the state of NSW in Australia asked for bids to build the first casino in Sydney. Four groups submitted bids for the lucrative project. Cabinet papers declassified 30 years later revealed that the Trump bid was rejected after NSW State Police reported that the Trump mafia connections and financial unviability made their bid undesirable.
Well, they sure did their research and made a smart choice.
Good information
Why were they classified?
This should have 80 million views !
Naw. They'te too busy shopping and bitchin' about high prices. Smh.
That’s about how many maga cultists there are😂
Not a single scintilla of truth resides in this man’s soul.
the man has no redeeming qualities..
This disgusting and full of lies man has no soul...it's all about him and what he can grift from the country.
Maggie Haberman did a wonderful job of presenting Donald Trump as a "real" person. It would have been very easy to focus on his obvious faults but she never sunk to opportunistic sensationalism and really seemed determined to maintain a sort of factual balance. Thank you.
He is still not likeable. He is still a criminal. A rapist. A liar. A fraud. Kinda like Jim Jones.
If you read “American Carnage” by Tim Alberta, you will hear all of this - and a LOT more! It is a well-written review of how the Republican Party imploded over the course of decades.
Trump doesn’t read books and he definitely doesn’t write books.
Don't be so cruel! Comic books are still books. 😆
he could write ART of the STEAL
True
😅he did not write the art of the steal, Toni Swartz (I no I misspelled his last name) Wrote it. He said the only book he ever saw in his apartment was Hitlers.
@@gailyou9005 - he just proclaimed the other day that he owns many bibles.🤣
Always found Maggie very fair and has actual insight and true behind the scenes facts. The fact that she plays Trump pretty fairly is what gives her that continued access - and we need that.
While he was president she wrote mostly in his favor in exchange for access. There is also some employment connection with one of her relatives. Conflict of interest.
Note: Barbara Res was DT Head of Construction 18 years and wrote “Tower of Lies,” about the experience.
OMG - I read that book! Everybody should read it!!
@@stephanietribuna8591 The Democratic national committee is too ignorant to know how to communicate with its communities. They run around with a coffee cup in one hand and the résumé in the other sucking up for the next job.
He doesn't read . Including the Constitution ! LOCK HIM UP !
I've been saying this ever since I heard he was a constitutional expert!
Trump in prison 2024
They forgot to mention he’s a psychopath!
Malignant narcissist.
And Sociopath also.
Sadist
And a sadist. Nothing thrills him to the marrow, as when he engineers the destruction of an adversary's livelihood.
Next President.
He didn't ask why Donald lies every time he opens his mouth.
What a great interview this was. Rubenstein keeps the questions coming at a fast clip and Hagerman sticks to the facts (and she knows many). No fluff. No opinions. Just facts. How refreshing is that? ... (very)
Maggie Haberman is top notch!
Lawyer Roy Cohn is best remembered for the role he played in the trial and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in 1953, his support of McCarthyism, and for his later anti-homosexuality politics and affiliation with President Ronald Reagan. In the new HBO documentary Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn, filmmaker Ivy Meeropol (the granddaughter of the Rosenbergs) explores the man's life and legacy, from the "open secret" of his sexuality, to his connection with Donald Trump, which would end up having a lasting impact on world politics three whole decades after his death.
There is another good one is where's my Roy Cohn.
I believe in one of those programs one of the congressional committees was questioning Mccarthys budget, ie : travel expenses, and staff. One of the staff members in question was Cohn’s boy toy. If you watch closely when they’re asking McCarthy why this other gentleman was needed to travel with the group, Cohn is literally squirming in his seat, getting REAL nervous, perspiring, as if he were about to be outed. The guy was a complete jerk. Trump’s main course of action when on defense is to delay delay delay , the ultimate Cohn strategy.
His hypocrisy while they went after commies and homosexuals reminds me of another hypocrite: Newt Gingrich, the big headed pioneer who started the fall of a once good, party of Lincoln.
Taking on Clinton while doing the same damn thing and the soul of a weasel when asking his cancer stricken wife to sign divorce papers as she lay in recovery after surgery related to terminal cancer.
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The end result: serial liars like Stefanik, cro magnon species like Marge Greene, Bobo the theatre pole dancer, Gym rat Jordan, Beavis Gaetz to name a few.
My God can you see the look on Ike’s face during one of the so called “ hearings “ the traveling circus held last year? All to gain nothing,?
I can only think of that excellent movie my kids loved so much “ the greatest showman” with 45 and his cast of undesirables as the lawmakers the right is electing to Congress. Wow!
Thanks - Just downloaded and can't wait to watch evil in action.
Always enjoy hearing Maggie
me, too!
She's provided the definitive brief bio of Trump & his administration...
A babbling brook.
Her book should of been named, "The making of a psychopath ".
But Eric said he built the skyline of NY 😂
Of course he did. They are required to boast about their father.
Eric is supremely delusional!
I wish this was longer. Very interesting. I like Maggie's matter-of-fact delivery and ability to answer questions about the monster at the gate.
Maggie Haberman is a brilliant journalist and her book is excellent and a very compelling read! I recommend it wholeheartedly!
Brilliant journalist with a fair approach and total grasp of detail. And great questioning my by Mr Rubenstein. A real pleasure of an interveiw.
They won't say that he was a below-average student.
They won't even say he was sent to Military school to keep him away from his sisters. She hedged on that one.
There’s a reason his grades are buried.
@@JB-uv4hm
That's true, but there has to be someone out there who's able to get that information out .
Not that it's going to sway many of his supporters because most of them are lower IQer's too 🤭
He payed someone to take his SAT exams because he couldn’t pass them. He has always been stupid.
@@Ghost-Mama
Yes he certainly did.
But his supporters can relate to him because most of them are brain dead 🤯
As a former NYer in my 70s, I grew up watching the news and reading papers. So, I was pretty well aware of his indiscretions and shady business dealings. Can I find those stories online today? I’ve tried and it all seems to have been wiped clean. I really think some of his “cult” members would be shocked to learn the truth, not just from hearsay.
Thank you. I did the same but from the West Coast.
The podcast Trump Inc is very enlightening
I trust Maggie’s reporting implicitly. She’s thorough and seems quite honest. That being said, who trump really is should be apparent to anyone who watches him speak, how he behaves.
This interview has such a great back and forth rhythm to it. Very concise and pleasantly informative.
Well done thank you Maggie Haberman.
Extremely well prepared and precise conversation. A joy to listen to.
Agree! Also, Rubinstein does not appear to be using any notes; and he doesn't appear to be reading from a teleprompter. He is so articulate and fluent; no hesitation when he's asking questions -- did he memorize the questions beforehand?
They NEVER mention the most important part about trump, he's a malignant narcissist. How any discussion of trump doesn't talk about this is amazing to me!
@@jcsrst Maggie is not a trained Psychiatrist, by her own admission, so she's going to be cautious about making any diagnosis. Mary Trump, Donald's niece, is better positioned as a psychologist to comment on this aspect...
@@georgeschaut2178 True but there's nothing stopping her from saying what Mary has said. Also no mention of the 10,000 plus lies. This is how bad behavior becomes normalized, when good people say nothing.
Its interesting how people dissect Trump's childhood the same way they look at Hitler's.
Trumps original statement before he changed it was, "I'll be a dictator ON day one," not for one day!
Should be retitled, “ The Gullible Masses”
Donald Trump is a "GENIUS OF GUILE". "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled."-Mark Twain
Well done, Maggie.
"He called a win at 11 pm, even though he knew he might lose. He quickly readied his troops."
Fantastic! Great to hear a succinct summary of Maggie’s quality reporting. Thank you both.
Why didn’t we hear this when he descended (if it is possible for him to get lower) the escalator?? Why aren’t we hearing more of it now. I have been a life long registered Republican. Several generations before me, same. That is about to end.
His Father didn't give him enough attention and he felt weak so he lashed out for attention and lied about being great so others would believe him... Fast forward to today... Still an 8 year old trapped in an old mans body. The rest is the same
Fort Leavenworth, located in Kansas, is a highly secure detention facility exclusively used for military personnel (E-1 thru 0-10). It can detain Donald J Trumph (former commander in chief) for 30 days or more and is designed to focus on security and safety. The prison has been equipped with state-of-the-art technologies and security measures to ensure that it can operate at the highest levels of efficiency and effectiveness.
But will L45 get cold when hell freezes over like it has in the courtroom? 😂
Well-paced and densely packed with great information! 👏
Mitch McConnell had some real LAPSES in integrity in his career despite his leadership skills of his party.
Excellent! Should be broadcast on network TV. Good questions Calm informed answers. No BS
Damn those monoclonal antibodies!!
We know Trump was a below C average student otherwise the draft board wouldn't have summoned him. 5 times.
Donald Trump is not of sound mind and has no judgment whatsoever
Trump has judgement. Bad judgement.
Maggie is the quientessetnial journalist down to every cell of her being.
Maggie is an amazingly gifted and clear communicator. Great interview and look forward to reading this book.
My father has dyslexia and he has said to me that reading news columns is easier for him because there are often several narrow columns vs one broad page to read. Not sure if it's the same for Trump, but the potential similarity jumped out at me.
Dementia causes the same reading difficulties.
Trump was a WWW President in a Marvel World. How we got there should scare us,
Great interview, love Maggie Haberman!
What a refreshing interview - thank you!
A very candid, revealing + excellent discussion. Thank you, both.👌
Great interview! Maggie Haberman is one of my favorites.
Thoughts about his U of P transcript -- If he did well, you can bet your last dollar Trump would have his transcript posted in every property he owns. His zealous efforts to protect this and any other school transcript has an obvious reason -- he was a poor student.
98% of his cabinet was Koch Network so, it would be easy to say that Trump did what he was told.
Love Maggie. Her book is awesome.
Imagine if one Dr just didn't do there job smh this whole mess could've been avoided
“My people came to me, [Director of National Intelligence] Dan Coats came to me and some others saying they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin, he just said it’s not Russia,” Trump said. “I will say this, I don’t see any reason why it would be.”
Donald disgraced our nation and its people before the eyes of the world
When you blind yourself you can't see anything.
Trump's statement indeed sparked controversy because it appeared to prioritize the denial of Russian interference from President Putin over the assessment of the United States intelligence community. Despite being briefed by top officials, including Dan Coats, who affirmed Russia's involvement in the election interference, Trump's remarks seemed to indicate a preference for Putin's denial.
This perceived siding with Putin over the consensus within the U.S. intelligence community raised concerns and led to widespread criticism. Critics argued that Trump's stance undermined confidence in American intelligence agencies and appeared to weaken the United States' position in confronting Russia's actions. Additionally, it fueled speculation about Trump's relationship with Putin and raised questions about his approach to handling Russia's interference in U.S. affairs.
@@aprilking1045 are you an AI bot? That's all true it just sounds like copy-paste chatGPT
Great interview, Matter of fact questions and matter of fact answers...you cannot ask for anything more.
Wow what insight she is incredible to listen to …..
Excellent interview it could have been longer.
It’s a great book in understanding this crazy manis that is Trump.
God help America🙏
I could have listened for another hour.
How can you talk about Bannon without talking about Robert Mercer? He paid for Cambridge Analytica, which was responsible for Brexit & Trump winning the electoral college.
Thank you from Manhattan ©2024
Interesting interview, but given what we know now, she's clearly downplaying the preparation prior to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Great interview! I will read her book.
Cohn and Trump first met in 1973. Trump, then a property developer, had been accused of violating the Fair Housing Act in nearly 40 of his buildings across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island, having reportedly engaged in illegal practices that made it more difficult for prospective tenants to secure apartments if they were Black. Cohn agreed to represent him. He launched an audacious countersuit against the United States government worth $100 million, calling the charges "irresponsible and baseless" and challenging the courts to prove discrimination had taken place.
He lost that countersuit from what I remember.
How do you like NYC now?
Damn that monoclonal anti-body treatment.
This country is finished if a guy like that can get traction when one time and then maybe another time what does that say about the people in this country?
Great questions and so much I hadn’t known and I follow closely
You could have dropped the 2nd and 3rd syllables from the word Con(fidence) and titled the book Con Man.
‘Con man’ is a modern abbreviation of ‘confidence man’. Using the full term puts it in a wider historical context. I guess.
That’s the play on words
His skill is gaining the confidence of a certain demographic. And it takes a lot of confidence to keep up the act. It’s a false confidence, I think, the bluster of a soon-to-be-broken bully.
@@q.e.d.9112Well said and spot on with your entire observation.
'The idea of building a wall was to make him to remember to talk about immigration' 😂🤣
Only in America can anybody grow up to be president !
His 1st project he shut off electricity and water in that building because it was rent controlled with black and elderly tenants. That ment he had no elavator, no a/c in the summer and no water. He was fined for this. But that was not his end of his racism and hate of the elderly (he wants to end SS).
Every confidence man has his inevitable judgement day with the law and public opinion.
where's david cay johnston?
Very good interview. Clear, fast, comprehensive.
It's a brilliant book. I've read 12 books in Trump since 2017 and I was once told by a MAGA supporter that I should read the Bible when I told her I was an atheist I think I broke her brain because she went off on one with me and told me that I would burn in hell and I said at least I will be warm and at that point, she gave in and stop replying to me.
Great Interview!
Academics is not his thing !
Understatement of the century
You two are confidence men.
Maggie is so pretty and intelligent and she knows Trump.
You go girl 🤩
Maggie : You skipped Robert mercer & Cambridge Analytica
Why didn’t the police use their weapons on Jan. 6th? Lethal force would have been justified. The biggest mystery of the day.
Most likely ordered to stand down, by the Republicans in charge.
Good question.
I think there were just too many insurectionists. They kept calling for help and the help never came.
Let's not forget that that crowd that surrounded him as he came down the escalator were people off the street who he paid $50 each. So they were paid $50 to give him a reaction, a positive reaction.
Thank you for your unbiased view...