A gold-colored item embossed with the word "President" sits on the Resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 10, 2025.
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The New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan says the president is fixated on becoming a "great man of history" during his second term. Swan's new book, written with Maggie Haberman, is Regime Change.
A gold-colored item embossed with the word "President" sits on the Resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 10, 2025.
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When President Donald Trump sat down for an interview in March with New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan…

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