An insider's account of Trump's White House

Americast by BBC

Sep 4, 202635:55News & Politics

The reporter Jonathan Swan gained unprecedented access to the inner workings of Donald Trump’s White House in the first year of his second administration. Who were the main characters fighting for the president’s attenti...

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