Maggie Haberman

The Qatari officials after that report said that that was incorrect and the discussions around Trump obtaining this plane were still ongoing. So I got the sense just from that statement that Qatari officials don't want the headline out of this week to be we're giving you a big gift and here we are.

The Qatari officials after that report said that that was incorrect and the discussions around Trump obtaining this plane were still ongoing. So I got the sense just from that statement that Qatari officials don't want the headline out of this week to be we're giving you a big gift and here we are.

So there's no question that there are some real deals for the country that Trump is looking to achieve here, whether it's artificial intelligence or nuclear power. These are still important issues.

So there's no question that there are some real deals for the country that Trump is looking to achieve here, whether it's artificial intelligence or nuclear power. These are still important issues.

exercises for him as a president that could be beneficial to the U.S., it is unavoidable to note that all of these discussions are in a region that is increasingly significant to the Trump family's own business interests. And presidents are not subject to ethics rules the way staff are.

exercises for him as a president that could be beneficial to the U.S., it is unavoidable to note that all of these discussions are in a region that is increasingly significant to the Trump family's own business interests. And presidents are not subject to ethics rules the way staff are.

But presidents, and they don't all succeed at this, obviously, but generally speaking, the standard that presidents have been held to is to try to avoid appearances of conflicts of interest so that voters are not raising questions about who these presidents are working on behalf of. Right, because if this is not a bad look, then what is a bad look? Trump increasingly doesn't care.

But presidents, and they don't all succeed at this, obviously, but generally speaking, the standard that presidents have been held to is to try to avoid appearances of conflicts of interest so that voters are not raising questions about who these presidents are working on behalf of. Right, because if this is not a bad look, then what is a bad look? Trump increasingly doesn't care.

He's making that very clear about negative headlines. Jonathan Swan and I wrote a story during the transition about how the two guardrails on him historically were the stock market and bad press coverage. The stock market he's reacted somewhat to, but negative press coverage hasn't exactly been much of a hindrance to him. And he is angry that he is even being questioned about this.

He's making that very clear about negative headlines. Jonathan Swan and I wrote a story during the transition about how the two guardrails on him historically were the stock market and bad press coverage. The stock market he's reacted somewhat to, but negative press coverage hasn't exactly been much of a hindrance to him. And he is angry that he is even being questioned about this.

And he is determined that he wants to get this plane regardless of the criticism he's receiving. And so far we have seen he is willing to dig in and ride out the storm.

And he is determined that he wants to get this plane regardless of the criticism he's receiving. And so far we have seen he is willing to dig in and ride out the storm.

Thanks, Michael, for having us.

Thanks, Michael, for having us.

It's a totally artificial metric, as anyone in the Trump administration will tell you, even as they are touting it and looking at it because they know other people are. It is how presidents for a while now have measured the success of their agenda. How much have they accomplished in that period of time? And it's a way to compare apples to apples to what previous presidents have done.

It's a totally artificial metric, as anyone in the Trump administration will tell you, even as they are touting it and looking at it because they know other people are. It is how presidents for a while now have measured the success of their agenda. How much have they accomplished in that period of time? And it's a way to compare apples to apples to what previous presidents have done.

It depends on who you talk to about how extensively the planning was for this, but I think that there have been aspects of this in the minds of some of Trump's advisors for some time. Part of why they're doing it is it is a deterrent. It is essentially we are going to move fast. We are going to move on what we think is our authority.

It depends on who you talk to about how extensively the planning was for this, but I think that there have been aspects of this in the minds of some of Trump's advisors for some time. Part of why they're doing it is it is a deterrent. It is essentially we are going to move fast. We are going to move on what we think is our authority.

And if you talk to the Trump folks, they will tell you they like their chances with the court. In their minds, they think that it is going to be very hard for the Supreme Court to say no to them. Now, we'll see if that's true. But in the mind of the Trump White House, this is still telling people who want to come here illegally, don't come.

And if you talk to the Trump folks, they will tell you they like their chances with the court. In their minds, they think that it is going to be very hard for the Supreme Court to say no to them. Now, we'll see if that's true. But in the mind of the Trump White House, this is still telling people who want to come here illegally, don't come.