Trump relished in being compared to dictators like Hitler and Stalin, journalist says

The New York Times journalist Jonathan Swan says the president is fixated on becoming a "great man of history" during his second term. Swan's new book, written with Maggie Haberman, is Regime Change.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5235x2945+0+273/resize/5235x2945!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F69%2F88%2F8fabff2847bba2451f87f4415239%2Fap26017061372602.jpg' alt='A gold-colored item embossed with the word "President" sits on the Resolute desk in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 10, 2025.'/><p><em>The New York Times</em> journalist Jonathan Swan says the president is fixated on becoming a "great man of history" during his second term. Swan's new book, written with Maggie Haberman, is <em>Regime Change.</em></p><p>(Image credit: Jacquelyn Martin)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5893633' />