Confidence Man

The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

De: Maggie Haberman

Narrado por: Maggie Haberman

The #1 New York Times bestseller • Updated with new reporting through the 2024 election

“This is the book Trump fears most.” —Axios

“Will be a primary source about the most vexing president in American history for years to come.” —Joe Klein, The New York Times

“A uniquely illuminating portrait.” —Sean Wilentz, The Washington Post

“[A] monumental look at Donald Trump and his presidency.” —David Shribman, Los Angeles Times

From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist, Confidence Man is a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that chronicles his life and its meaning from his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency.

Few journalists working today have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie Haberman. And few understand him and his motivations better. Now, demonstrating her majestic command of this story, Haberman reveals in full the depth of her understanding of the 45th president himself, and of what the Trump phenomenon means.

Interviews with hundreds of sources and numerous interviews over the years with Trump himself portray a complicated and often contradictory historical figure. Capable of kindness but relying on casual cruelty as it suits his purposes. Pugnacious. Insecure. Lonely. Vindictive. Menacing. Smarter than his critics contend and colder and more calculating than his allies believe. A man who embedded himself in popular culture, galvanizing support for a run for high office that he began preliminary spadework for 30 years ago, to ultimately become a president who pushed American democracy to the brink.

The through-line of Trump’s life and his presidency is the enduring question of what is in it for him or what he needs to say to survive short increments of time in the pursuit of his own interests.

Confidence Man is also, inevitably, about the world that produced such a singular character, giving rise to his career and becoming his first stage. It is also about a series of relentlessly transactional relationships. The ones that shaped him most were with girlfriends and wives, with Roy Cohn, with George Steinbrenner, with Mike Tyson and Don King and Roger Stone, with city and state politicians like Robert Morgenthau and Rudy Giuliani, with business partners, with prosecutors, with the media, and with the employees who toiled inside what they commonly called amongst themselves the “Trump Disorganization.”

That world informed the one that Trump tried to recreate while in the White House. All of Trump’s behavior as President had echoes in what came before. In this revelatory and newsmaking book, Haberman brings together the events of his life into a single mesmerizing work. It is the definitive account of one of the most norms-shattering and consequential eras in American political history.

This is the only one you have to read

I have 29 books, yes, 29 because I count, books on on Trump and his White House. This book by Maggie Haberman is the ONLY. book you need. I wish IT would have come out sooner. I could’ve saved a lot more money. This book is the ultimate.

Interesting Story, Sleepy Narration

I’m hooked on the story. The narrator (author’s voice) is perfect for inducing sleep. This dynamic makes it frustrating to get through

Well-Written Book Re: Horrible Person

Maggie Haberman, who may have known Trump as well as any writer and was able in interview Trump at least three times, did a great job of writing this biography about the most embarrassing president in American history (I don’t make this comment lightly - I’ve served as a U.S. Marine, a church elder, and as a prosecuting attorney).

America knew he was pandering to evangelicals when he said his favorite book of the Bible was “Two Corinthians”. Trump promised to “drain the swamp”, but instead, filled the swamp with people like Manafort, Stone, Flynn, Boebert, Gaetz, MTG, and Jordan. We can’t forget that nearly one million Americans died of COVID on Trump’s watch. And finally, his so-called “patriots” attempted to overthrow the U.S. Capitol and our democracy. Maggie Haberman covers all these events - and more - in her well-written book.

Excellent history of Treasonous XPresident

Anyone Interested in what another re-run of what this President finds fascinating, listen up. The author is a reporter and excellent one with a articulate, enjoyable well paced presentation of the reading of her own book. Learn from person that was there, in White House a trained listener.

Just when you thought ……

Just when you thought you couldn’t be more disgusted by Trump and his acolytes, along comes Maggie Haberman with an entirely credible behind the scenes look at how truly foul he was and still is. God forbid he ever again gets the kind of power he had for those four years.