Ep. 508 — Maggie Haberman
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
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The President's Obsession With the New York Times
David Gergen: Trump's desire to hold media attention is fundamentally different than anyone else that I've ever covered. He lashes out and he attacks because that's... Sometimes he's just having a reaction and sometimes he's trying to intimidate you on coverage. And then he sees if he can sell you and either reaches back out or takes a call. The Times is kind of ... That's the paper of record for those folks. So what is it about? Why was Trump so driven that way? For whatever reason, he got very obsessed with becoming famous early on.
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