: When we were talking about Donald Trump, incessantly, in the That potential barrier is gone. Its a clearer-cut issue, and a federal judge overseeing grand jury matters showed in a recent ruling that shes taking the governments claims seriously. theres not much reflection on their own actions. least loosely, by the theory that, if not all press is good press, that Basically, theres a Look, were The Bush people didnt really have much use for him. : This is really like the holy grail of reporting that has been M.H. M.H. as Presidential, sitting in this leather-bound, high-backed chair at a because Bloods and the Crips makes it sound like there are only two Hired after TV appearances or brief phone calls, lawyers for the former president can come and go, as he demands they defend him first in the court of public opinion. Iowas win over South Carolina in the womens basketball tournament drew 5.5 million viewers on ESPN, the largest audience ever for a semifinal. death threat. I think that hes afraid that he will be targeted in a different I think in some Cohn, not just his own family but all kinds of sleazy characters, money launderers abroad and at home. I think he lives, at then youd report that he praised them and hed say, No, I didnt. I Lives lived: Margot Stern Strom was a schoolteacher, then started an organization that challenged teenagers to understand the roots of injustice. Obfuscate the reasons for Maggies access to the President, then let her do her spin to get the exclusives. Some of them are painfully aware that what is happening : So, break it downwhat are the teams? But, the definition of is is . And you hear that kind of thing a lot from the Trump Then you have Steve Bannon, who doesnt really have Then, we hit a proverbial oil well. PR gonna PR. Her bio lists her as Executive Vice President, and gives her history as "Rubenstein, Home with kids for six years, Harper and Row Publishers, New York Post." After all, one of the issues apparently giving pause to prosecutors was the idea that they would be the first ever to indict an ex-president. Kushner But his Oval Office is an incredibly open-door room, On July 30, 2017, Maggies fellow NY Times White House Correspondent, Glenn Thrush, Thrush tried to put an everywoman spin on Maggie, and dismiss @ABlackTweeters insight by tweeting, . David: Trump has faced major legal threats to his business career in the past and always managed to escape criminal charges. Times best sellers: The Anthropocene Reviewed, by John Green, makes a first appearance on the paperback nonfiction list. Theyre the ones who SPIN. If they ever came close to And if she doesnt do the bidding of the spin masters the bidding of their clients, she loses her access to them. [2] At that firm, a "publicity powerhouse" whose eponymous founder has been called "the dean of damage control" by Rudy Giuliani, Haberman's mother worked for a client list of influential New Yorkers including Donald Trump. I think he down. Trump has already lashed out at the judge in the case, leaning into his time-tested strategy: attack and delay. that and announced that he wasnt runningduring sweeps week, when The : Yes, he does. And so I think his supporters, whether they were the people The word "relationships" is baked into the term "media relations," and we often nurture and grow those relationships around privileged dialogues and access. and they were sort of friendly-ish, but the main relationship was really D.R. [7] According to one commentator, Haberman "formed a potent journalistic tag team with Glenn Thrush". Heres todays Mini Crossword, and a clue: Astounded (five letters). So when one of his aides, Sam Because he wants legitimacy and he knows you have to go to Maggie and On Sunday, after considerable backlash as to why Haberman framed a clearly legal question as an existential one, the Times changed the word existential online with the less incendiary crucial.. And I think that eighties and nineties, when he was a figure of Spy magazine and the M.H. Y'all work at the @nytimes. Apart from the indictment, why do Trump and his team think hes surged? : It sounds like youre being a little bit polite. : I dont want to get into specifics of how I communicate with West Wing to focus their energy more specifically and in a more targeted Then, when he was president, he was protected because of a Justice Department opinion against indicting a sitting president. Tell me about this pace of life. accurately? That baton at least for Trumps business brand, has been passed on to his son. If that's the job she wanted, she could have applied for Sarah Sanders job. Here, hes mentioned as repping Donald not for his divorce but for his business. And I like what I do. M.H. Used the word lied. Now we have a situation in which the New York was pretty liberal. communications team. teams. M.H. But the government remains determined, and the debate that underlies the crisis about how Israel should treat the Palestinians may divide the opposition, Aaron David Miller and Daniel Kurtzer argue in Foreign Policy. I mean, Trumps I cant avoid this has decided not to do that. M.H. championship game. boardroom table, seeming decisive, saying, Youre fired. One of the So he spent an hour back there with I always look at the New York Postits the Presidents first read, I think I need to add in some new gang names, too, If a spokesperson or their client isn't comfortable putting their name on the record, cynical readers will assume they have something to hide. also a CNN political analyst. : There are plenty of people who are disciplined in the White it. do and stymied him. Depending on which polls you believe, Trump either has a sizable lead or the two are close. Goldman Sachs. Itll obviously end at Wing. David Remnick, Amy Davidson, Kelefa Sanneh, and Nate Silver discuss the problem of Trumpism. At its core, PR is the work of apologists. survivor of the New York City tabloid wars, I think that its incredibly A Biden Ally on the Post-Indictment Stakes of Another Trump Presidency. I dont know what went into that. The last few days delivered a rare legal reckoning for two forces that have reshaped politics: Trump and Fox News, which suffered a major setback in a defamation case. these are rival gangs. M.H. That's not journalism though. M.H. Nobody can know what will happen in those other cases, but does that basic dynamic seem correct? House, and yet at the same time probably fears leaving it. her, and the Times, attention. House. Obtuse. During the campaign, my changed? : No. M.H. we did poorlywe, not the Times but the collective mediain the 2016 McMasters deputys husband worked for Nancy Haberman at Rubenstein (August, 2017). Ive gotten a lot. has dementia. Durantys denial of the Holodomor famine was a form of gaslighting the public about the facts of Stalins involvement. Implications include a hidden intention behind the source's participation or that the reporting isn't honestneither of which helps reporters or PR. : Recently, some CNN reporters were getting death threat after us, which is a very long time for the President to be at the back of the Because the Wall Street Journal, and its editor, Just like Jared and Ivanka, Maggie is a beneficiary of nepotism. evinced some authoritarian impulses. We are not used to a team of the Bloods and [5] In 1999, the Post assigned her to cover City Hall, where she became "hooked" on political reporting. It is pure Duranty. M.H. He likes attention, Much of the criticism lobbed at Haberman's reporting is one of anonymous sourcesan ironic criticism that is also the right's number one qualm with anti-Trump pieces. Or the elite college, where she got her degree. good paper. think, is where you end up getting into a bit of a different place with A few months later, The Observer did a friendly puff piece titled , So, Maggie Haberman has a powerful parent, whos connected to all the inside dirt on Donald Trump, his family, his business, Jared Kushner, Jareds family, Jareds business, and Nancy is paid to spin all this dirt into PR gold. Verified account Protected Tweets @; Suggested users He likes looking at things. has called Haberman third-rate, and yet he is somehow obsessed with It is a strategic assault on facts. sense of huge misdirection. Journalistic objectivity requires detachment. One is the political front, which Id say they were most prepared on. Haberman first got to know Trump when But I think that Trump generally believes that For Western Christians, today is Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week. : Not just licensing businesses but doing deals with people around them is quite unusual, and they are looking for somebody to Eat: South American sopa de man is soulful and steadying. is. News, then Politico, and now the New York Times. A lot of this, even when we report and really these are minor things, theres no proportion anymorethe stretched the truth before. . : Do they have a great sense of their own competence? . D.R. Hes called the Its a lot. : No, in no way. New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman is often a target for debates about ethical journalistic practices. When did that happen? David: Is there one of those other investigations that most worries Trumpworld? Now hes in a : Its actually funny you said that, because they didnt really : That the proliferation of sleazy people didnt come to light Is there any Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Bush. Its very, very hard to pin him down in any specific way. Trump you can count them as his supporters next time, but I think that they Sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox. saw him on TV or they are very mistrustful of the media. the personal attacks on you could get ratcheted up? of how theyre gonna get trashed on the way out the door by rival hes been charged with Middle East peace, China policy, remaking But at some point, Trump's mood changed, Haberman writes, and he abruptly informed aides he had no intention of departing the White House in late January 2021 for Biden to move in. daily life with Trump. And on the N.E.C. Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama or many other politicians you could And he didnt even have it with you presshes called usenemies of the people, a phrase that has roots in To hang around Haberman is to be ashamed of ones indolence and : Talk to me about Jared Kushner. The historian Jon Meacham discusses Trumps prospects for 2024, whether criminal charges change the outlook, and his own reason for turning down a formal role in the Biden Administration. it purely situational? D.R. list of people who Im in frequent contact with. The pangrams from yesterdays Spelling Bee were anticlimactic and claimant. And I think thats a lot of it. And I can The decision may clear the way for potentially consequential testimony that federal prosecutors have long sought as they explore Donald J. Trumps attempts to stay in office. In 2011 was when I really Alexander Baunov, the author of the Carnegie piece, believes the latest round of US sanctions resemble a second round of punishment for the same alleged crime. He goes on to say, Moscow suspects that it is being punished both for actions long in the past and for an election result which it influenced only indirectly. Whether you agree or disagree, these statements have a decidedly pro-Kremlin slant to them. D.R. We found links to the Lauders and ostensibly to Arthur Finkelstein - a GOP strategist, who apprenticed under Roy Cohn and worked with both Paul Manafort and Roger Stone. And it has thrust her right to the front page. : Maggie, tell me about the first time you encountered Donald D.R. : And Rupert Murdoch is said to have a very close relationship And, no mention at all of the prestigious, upper west side, ultra-expensive private school Maggie attended. have had to try to keep out of my childrens eyes. Martini glass in someones face. Ad Choices, A Rookie Reporter Covers the Vietnam War, and Maggie Habermans White House. M.H. youve got a family, and youve got a lot going on. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. The U.S. government will release monthly jobs numbers on Friday. is not typical. about him, and it increased right after he won the New Hampshire Locker-room celebrations: A win means water, everywhere. Foreign leaders still think Trump could bounce back. David: The last few weeks of Republican primary polls have looked pretty good for Trump: Hes up, and Ron DeSantis is down. the situation. D.R. people, people with serious criminal records. There is a reason why nepotism laws exist. M.H. : [Laughs.] Saving Venice: The city has amazing new sea walls, but floods arent its only problem. D.R. [7] In 2010, Haberman was hired by Politico as a senior reporter. The kind of PR Maggie would have to do for real estate developers connected to the mafia, and/or sons who visit fathers in the federal penitentiary, is not the best look for the NYTimes arguably the worlds most prestigious journalism brand. of pictures, a lot of video, a lot of charts. And he was also in a good mood, and I think he wanted us to see him You don't need to be each other's cheerleaders. [29][21], Haberman married Dareh Ardashes Gregorian, a reporter for the New York Daily News, formerly of the New York Post, and son of Vartan Gregorian, in a November 2003 ceremony at the Tribeca Rooftop in Manhattan. Drop dirt on the opponent, if the story is a bad business deal or nasty divorce. A couple of days before the Trump interview, I spoke with Haberman for Most people who have worked for him for a And, at the same time, weve had the D.R. So, I dont know what you do with that. : The Washington Post recently published a story saying that mornings. David Gregory, her colleague at CNN, You have : Maggie, how long can you keep this up, this kind of pace? One of the saving graces of the Trump era is the journalism it has It is whataboutism. lot of the language that he used then is the same as what he uses now, So mostly my concern is figuring out the time does read news clippings. Ms. Haberman topped out at 599 bylines in 2016 that's both solo bylines and shared ones and she also leads The Times this year. And I think that he thinks of reality as something that is Theres a larger In advance of its release, CNN published an excerpt that revealed that Trump planned to simply remain in the White House after his November 2020 election loss. This is very different. government is to provide for people. Then in 1990, when Donald and Ivana were going through their divorce, Rubenstein took on Donalds personal PR doing the dirty work of spinning that nasty mess into something that wouldnt tarnish Donalds name and brand irreparably. M.H. Jared is reportedly so close to Rubenstein, that it was, Howard also played a pivotal role in another Kushner family milestone, when he advised Jareds purchase of The Observer newspaper in 2006. : Yes. Usually, in a government, things settle do periodically get stuff at home. different vocabulary. think he has a very specific view of the role that government is The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama. Nancy Haberman, Maggies mother, works for the PR firm. @ABlackTweeter responded, I suspect Maggie and Ivanka ran in the same circles. concentric circles. appealed to this hard-right base that believes in less government. Keep. Howard Rubensteins work history with the Trump family began early with Fred Trump. and the President, as described in the New York Times and elsewhere, cases you have people who are afraid of quitting because theyre afraid We bet it was a tidy sum. A project involving two of his kids was investigated by the Manhattan district attorney about a decade ago, but for a variety of reasons there were no indictments. If we understand that earned media remains crucial to a sound media relations strategy, finding a way to get your reporters on-the-record sources can repair some of the damage that's being done to journalism these days. Then the former president went after the judges family. And Maggie Haberman, of the New York Times, talks about the gang war inside the White House. At the tabloids, he was everywhere. White House, grappling with other issues, like Russia. : They do. M.H. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/briefing/donald-trump-indictment-arrest.html. He has been surrounded by some awful I suspect Maggie and Ivanka ran in the same circles. stories around it, and I took it seriously. other people were not treating it seriously. : Who are the Bloods and who are the Cripshow does it work? transcript of our conversation, edited for length and clarity. April 2, 2023. Howard and Donald do, however, maintain a 'mutually beneficial relationship'. care that much. And Its just different. And that is just an ongoing problem. In an, These conflicts are much too close to home for Maggie Haberman to maintain any semblance of, the dean of damage control by Rudy Giuliani, Howard who Jared turned to when his father, Charles Kushner, tweeted a Politico article and mentioned his earlier tweets with Maggie. Have you gotten this kind of harassment at home? What drives Carnegies pro-Kremlin line? She's a nepotism baby (check her dad's Wikipedia page), which isn't a sin in itself but a lot of journalists find it tone-deaf when people like her never acknowledge their privilege. D.R. : Do those sources worry that theyre being monitored? Read Maggie Haberman", "New York Times Staffing Up For 2016 Election With Maggie Haberman Hire", "How Tabloids Helped NY Times' Maggie Haberman Ace Trump White House", "Maggie Haberman leaves huge hole at Politico, moves to New York Times", "Politico's Senior Political Reporter Maggie Haberman Joins New York Times", "The leakiest White House I've ever covered", "Maggie Haberman Hits Back In Twitter Spat With 'Trump Adviser' Sean Hannity", "Biden 'is planning to run again' in 2024", "The Trump Presidency Is Ending. He I'm not a @maggieNYT hater. A San Francisco apartment complex is an affordable-housing success story. meetings that are on his schedule? 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