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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Lloyd Green

Confidence Man review: Maggie Haberman takes down Trump

Donald Trump reacts to applause at a Republican dinner in Greenville, North Carolina in 2021.
Donald Trump reacts to applause at a Republican dinner in Greenville, North Carolina, in 2021. Photograph: Jonathan Drake/Reuters

Maggie Haberman, the New York Times’ Trump whisperer, delivers. Her latest book is much more than 600 pages of context, scoop and drama. It is a political epic, tracing Donald Trump’s journey from the streets of Queens to Manhattan’s Upper East Side, from the White House to Mar-a-Lago, his Elba. There, the 45th president holds court – and broods and plots his return.

Haberman gives Trump and those close to him plenty of voice – and rope. The result is a cacophonous symphony. Confidence Man informs and entertains but is simultaneously absolutely not funny. Trumpworld presents a reptilian tableau – reality TV does Lord of the Flies.

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