Donald Trump's astonishing interview with “The Atlantic”
In the newly renovated Oval Office, Donald Trump spoke to Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine, and two senior journalists from the prestigious American monthly, the bête noire of the 47th President of the United States. In his inimitable style, Donald Trump discussed his return to power, the war in Ukraine, his political enemies, and Canada, which he still hopes to make the 51st state of the Union. A lengthy interview translated exclusively by Courrier International.
On Thursday, April 24, I joined two of my colleagues, Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer, at the White House to interview President Donald Trump.
The White House invitation was followed by a post from the president on Truth Social [the social network created by Trump] which read in part: “Believe it or not, but today I am meeting with Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor in chief of The Atlantic , the one who has written so much fiction about me.” Apparently, what was not entirely fictional in the eyes of the president was the Signalgate scandal, with which he said he had “rather more ‘success’.”
[On the appointed day], we found a friendly and cheerful president in an Oval Office redecorated in a style I would describe as “Louis XIV-style casino kitsch.” If not forgiven, our countless transgressions were certainly swept under the rug.
Here you will find large excerpts from our conversation, condensed and edited for clarity. Our main goal was to get the president to analyze his historic political comeback and to explain his new way of exercising power—including whether he sees any limits to what a president can do. As for Trump, his primary goal seemed to be to convince us that he had used his presidency to serve the nation and all humanity (his secondary goal was to ask us whether we thought he should do
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