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The Bulwark Podcast
This book, published in 2005, was written by the guest Tim O'Brien after he had been exposed to Donald Trump's world through work on an earlier biography. The discussion focused on how O'Brien's decades of covering Trump show that his current behavior is a continuation of who he has always been.
You wrote Trump Nation, The Art of Being Donald, which was published in 2005, which is like in the distant mists of time now, right? I mean, it's like before the before times.
— Episode: Tim O'Brien: A Clown Rodeo
Episode: Tim O'Brien: A Clown Rodeo
This book, published in 2005, was written by the guest Tim O'Brien after he had been exposed to Donald Trump's world through work on an earlier biography. The discussion focused on how O'Brien's decades of covering Trump show that his current behavior is a continuation of who he has always been.
You wrote Trump Nation, The Art of Being Donald, which was published in 2005, which is like in the distant mists of time now, right? I mean, it's like before the before times.
I was a research assistant on the first biography of him by Wayne Barrett in 1992. That's how I first got exposed to Donald Trump. It's 30 years.
Tim is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion, host of the new podcast Crash Course and the author of the 2005 book Trump Nation, The Art of Being the Donald Tim. Thanks so much for your time this morning.