Disorder & dysfunction: inside Trump's White House - with Maggie Haberman

E80 - Disorder & dysfunction: inside Trump's White House - with Maggie Haberman

Published: August 18, 2026

Duration: 45:11

Maggie Haberman is one of the few journalists to have been granted behind-the-scenes access to Trump's second term. This week, she joins Christiane to talk in depth about what she found.

Drawing on her new book Regime Change, Maggie reveals what day-to-day life in this White House is really like: the chaos, the confusion, and what it tells us about the man at the centre of it all. What actually motivates Donald Trump: is it money, fame, power, or some combination of all three? Is there any genuine strategy behind his decisions, or is it simply governance...