Donald Trump returned to the White House more prepared, more powerful, and more determined to settle old scores.
In Regime Change, award-winning journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan take readers behind the scenes of Trump’s second term, revealing an administration built around loyalty, retribution, and instinct. Drawing on hundreds of insider interviews, they uncover the private conversations behind sweeping deportations, global trade conflicts, military campaigns, attacks on independent institutions, and efforts to reshape the federal government.
From Elon Musk’s disruptive influence and Stephen Miller’s expanding power to tense confrontations with foreign leaders and former allies, the book portrays a presidency operating with fewer restraints than ever before. As Trump challenges Congress, the courts, universities, corporations, and the international order, one question runs through the story: How far can presidential power be pushed?
Read the Instaread summary of Regime Change for an inside look at the decisions, rivalries, and ambitions transforming America and its role in the world.
