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Jonathan Martin on Accurately Covering Trump: ‘I Think Ten Years On, We Haven’t Figured It Out Yet’
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Firing Line with Margaret Hoover
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Jonathan Martin
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Name: Jonathan Martin
Employment: The New York Times
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Employment: PBS
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04/08/2025 09:46 am
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HOOVER I want to ░░░░░░░░ what the unique challenges ░░░░░░░░ responsibilities of covering a ░░░░░░░░ Trump presidency are for ░░░░░░░░ Jonathan Martin Martin Look ░░░░░░░░ challenge with Trump is ░░░░░░░░ you re damned if ░░░░░░░░ do and you are ░░░░░░░░ if you don t ░░░░░░░░ don t say that ░░░░░░░░ look for a symphaty ░░░░░░░░ don t say that ░░░░░░░░ say to say woe ░░░░░░░░ me Covering politics is ░░░░░░░░ great joy of my ░░░░░░░░ and I think it ░░░░░░░░ the best job in ░░░░░░░░ world But here s ░░░░░░░░ I mean If you ░░░░░░░░ Trump straight and cover ░░░░░░░░ for years and what ░░░░░░░░ says how he conducts ░░░░░░░░ it basically demands page ░░░░░░░░ Pearl harbor or Man ░░░░░░░░ on Moon headlines day ░░░░░░░░ day You can t ░░░░░░░░ it If you grade ░░░░░░░░ on a curve and ░░░░░░░░ try to put him ░░░░░░░░ that great blender of ░░░░░░░░ the 40 yard lines ░░░░░░░░ World War II concensus ░░░░░░░░ of American politics that ░░░░░░░░ of us has grew ░░░░░░░░ in you re doing ░░░░░░░░ reader or viewer disservice ░░░░░░░░ you re not really ░░░░░░░░ him for what it ░░░░░░░░ You re pretending like ░░░░░░░░ s a conventional figure ░░░░░░░░ he is emphatically not ░░░░░░░░ conventional figure he s ░░░░░░░░ break from modern American ░░░░░░░░ So what do you ░░░░░░░░ It s really tough ░░░░░░░░ I think 10 years ░░░░░░░░ we haven t figured ░░░░░░░░ out yet.”
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