a new book about him called confidence man. her book has been making headlines, but has also brought criticisms, with accusations that she has withheld information about trump that was relevant to ongoing investigations about his actions. has she put profits before principles? and what is the responsibility of a good journalist? maggie haberman in new york, welcome to hardtalk. now, you ve been covering donald trump since the 90s, more than anybody else, perhaps, yet you say that he still remains a bit of an enigma for you. how is that possible? it s an interesting question, and thank you for having me. i think he s an enigma for almost everybody. i think that he is a man of a handful of moves, and you can identify what those moves are, and you see him use them over and over again, but it can be tricky to figure out which ones. and i think the biggest issue, and i write about this, is people want to read into his actions and read meaning into his actions. they re often prett
united states has criticised the opec plus, to cut production. the president called shortsighted. move pushed up prices to three week eyes. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. as my guest today. maggie haberman has covered trump s rise in new york city to his presidential campaign, presidency, and difficult period after leaving office. now this pulitzer prize winning journalist, who is a new york times star reporter, has published a new book about him called confidence man. her book has been making headlines, but has also brought criticisms, with accusations that she has withheld information about trump that was relevant to ongoing investigations about his actions. has she put profits before principles? and what is the responsibility of a good journalist? maggie haberman in new york, welcome to hardtalk. now, you ve been covering donald trump since the 90s, more than anybody else, perhaps, yet you say that he still remains a bit of an enigm
her book has been making headlines, but has also brought criticisms, with accusations that she has withheld information about trump that was relevant to ongoing investigations about his actions. has she put profits before principles? and what is the responsibility of a good journalist? now, you ve been covering donald trump since the 90s, more than anybody else, perhaps, yet you say that he still remains a bit of an enigma for you. how is that possible? it s an interesting question, and thank you for having me. i think he s an enigma for almost everybody. i think that he is a man of a handful of moves, and you can identify what those moves are, and you see him use them over and over again, but it can be tricky to figure out which ones. and i think the biggest issue, and i write about this, is people want to read into his actions and read meaning into his actions. they re often pretty empty and they re often aboutjust surviving from one minute to the next. and exactly why he
Time, to borrow from star wars lexicon, there is a disturbance in the force there. Like, he is shaken. I mean, heres the front page of the daily news, Talking About Poor Donald. Of course, theyre talking about him coming off the forbes list. If you want to understand donald trump, weve said this from the beginning, just understand the money. The money. I still think a lot of these criminal investigations and the possibility of going to jail, too abstract for him. But him sitting there, the possible of losing his businesses, losing trump tower, having to pay 250 million he doesnt have, i think thats getting to him. Look at a clip of Attorney General in New York State that i think has just kind of had enough. This case was brought simply because it was a case where individuals have engaged in a pattern and practice of fraud. And i will not sit idly by and allow anyone to subvert the law. Lastly, i will not be bullied. So mr. Trump is no longer here. The donald trump show is over. I will
Stories of democrats who worked with the russians in the 2016 campaign. President then turned his attention as i mentioned to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. This is important when you consider that this is the individual recused from an ongoing probe of potential obstruction among things and donald trump saying its too bad that sessions recused and then asked an intelligent question. The reporter asked donald trump to compare Jeff Sessions to the previous administrations Attorney General eric holder under obama and donald trump said this. I dont want to get into loyalty but i will tell you that i will say this. Holder protected president obama. Totally protected him. When you look at the things that they did, and Hold Proer Tekted the president. And i have Great Respect for that. Ill be honest. I have a little more on that in a moment. Trump also asked here in this very newsy interview whether he would order the justice
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