Updated
Updated · NPR · Jul 15
Swan Says Trump Sought 'Great Man' Status in 2nd Term Book
Updated
Updated · NPR · Jul 15

Swan Says Trump Sought 'Great Man' Status in 2nd Term Book

3 articles · Updated · NPR · Jul 15

Summary

  • Jonathan Swan said Donald Trump is fixated on becoming a "great man of history" in his second term and relished comparisons to dictators.
  • Regime Change, Swan's new book with Maggie Haberman, is presented as an inside account of Trump's second term and the mindset driving that ambition.

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