The Desperate Laundering of the Trump Reputations w/ Michael Wolff
\u201cThere has been no detail that has come out that has been different than the four years we saw him do in office,\u201d Slade Sohmer, editor in chief of The Recount, says on the latest episode of The New Abnormal. But no one knows image rehabilitation better than Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner\u2014in fact, they\u2019ve been doing it for years, Sohmer says. \u201c\u2018Sources close to Jared and Ivanka say\u2019 was the most used phrase in print of the Trump administration,\u201d he adds. Next guest Michael Wolff, the author of the new book Landslide, his third about Trump, says it\u2019s clear that some Trumpworld figures are trying to redeem themselves in the new Trump books. \u201cI don't think that anybody is pleased,\u201d he says of their post-Trump prospects. \u201cI don't think anyone finds themselves where they would otherwise have hoped they would be after working in a senior job in the White House.\u201d Last on the show is Sen. Jeff Merkley, who breaks down the chances for the massive infrastructure bill, whether the filibuster will survive, and more.
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