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New book reveals who’s really calling the shots in Trump’s White House
Rule by the UnbriefedJonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman’s account describes a White House where major national decisions were handled by a tiny circle around Donald Trump, while key officials were left outside the room until the consequences were already in motion. The result, in their telling, was not transparency but concentrated power, sealed off from expertise and insulated from fallout.The Center of PowerThe first fact worth naming is simple: the power sat with Trump and the handful of aides and loyalists around him. The people actually shaping the Iran war planning were not a broad…
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