Interviewees discuss the presidency of Donald J. Trump (2017-2021, 2025-present).
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"I toyed for a time with trying to write an op-ed piece…it would have been called ‘The Performative Presidency' or ‘Performing the Presidency.’ Because I think that’s what was going on. And whether it was because of the experience on The Apprentice or whether or not this is a performative style that has stood him in good stead throughout his career and many other contexts, it was clearly there." - Horace Newcomb, Television Scholar/Critic
Highlights
Horace Newcomb on the 2016 presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
10:30
Cokie Roberts on how the emergence of new media has impacted television news, and on covering Donald J. Trump's tweets and lies
06:44
Samantha Bee on the pace of the news cycle during the Trump presidency, and how it has impacted Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
02:27
Tom Brokaw on the challenges of covering the Trump Administration
05:48
Larry Wilmore on the cancellation of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and on covering the rise of Donald Trump
03:02
Ann Curry on how the press should respond to President Trump's assertion that they are "the enemy of the people", and on past presidents' relationships with the press
01:40
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Peter Arnett
Peter Arnett on the challenges facing journalists during the Trump administration
02:30
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee on the pace of the news cycle during the Trump presidency, and how it has impacted Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
02:27
Tom Brokaw
Tom Brokaw on the challenges of covering the Trump Administration
05:48
Ann Curry
Ann Curry on how the press should respond to President Trump's assertion that they are "the enemy of the people", and on past presidents' relationships with the press
01:40
Jeff Fager
Jeff Fager on how television news covers presidential elections and particularly the 2016 election and Donald Trump
02:30
Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg on contemplating leaving The View after the 2016 Presidential election and deciding to stay
01:41
Whoopi Goldberg on refusing to call the 45th president by his name
03:51
Hal Holbrook
Hal Holbrook on the presidency of Donald J. Trump
03:11
Jodi Mancuso
Jodi Mancuso on Alec Baldwin's "Donald Trump" wig on Saturday Night Live
03:09
Horace Newcomb
Horace Newcomb on his early assessment of President Donald Trump's relationship with the press, one month into his tenure
02:52
Horace Newcomb on the 2016 presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
10:30
Soledad O'Brien
Soledad O'Brien on her criticism of mainstream media's coverage of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections and of how some journalists deal with fake news and disinformation; on whether or not she would interview Donald Trump
03:44
Soledad O'Brien on her thoughts on the coverage of the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection
00:48
Cokie Roberts
Cokie Roberts on criticism she faced speaking out against Donald J. Trump during the 2016 presidential primaries
02:17
Cokie Roberts on the biggest challenges of covering the presidency of Donald J. Trump
01:28
Cokie Roberts on how the emergence of new media has impacted television news, and on covering Donald J. Trump's tweets and lies
06:44
Robert Smigel
Robert Smigel on having his puppet "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" cover the 2016 presidential campaigns, and on "Triumph's" interview with then-Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee
02:55
Larry Wilmore
Larry Wilmore on the cancellation of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, and on covering the rise of Donald Trump
03:02