The New York Times Trump book that ‘has the White House worried’

WorldPolitics
8 Apr 2026 • 4:01 PM MYT
The Independent
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  • A new book, 'Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump', by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, is reportedly causing "high anxiety" in the White House.
  • Expected to be released on 23 June, the book explores how Trump has shifted executive power, suggesting his second term could resemble a foreign regime change operation.
  • Trump previously criticised Haberman on Truth Social, threatening to include her in a lawsuit against The New York Times.
  • Haberman and Swan conducted around 1,000 interviews for the book, which has reportedly worried some Trump insiders.
  • The book details an instance where Trump's top advisers, including John Ratcliffe and Marco Rubio, reportedly dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's intelligence on Iran as "farcical" and "bulls***".

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