Maggie Haberman is a senior political correspondent who joined The New York Times in 2015 and was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for reporting on Donald Trump’s advisers and their connections to Russia. She was part of a team that was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for coverage of the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus. She previously covered the Trump administration and continues to cover Donald Trump and politics in Washington.
She is the author of “Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America,” a book about the world that shaped the former president and how he exported what he learned in New York into Washington.
Before joining The Times as a campaign correspondent, Ms. Haberman worked as a political reporter at Politico from 2010 to 2015. She previously worked at other publications, including The New York Post and The New York Daily News.
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Tucker Carlson’s Surprise Exit Stuns People in Donald Trump’s Orbit
The former president and Tucker Carlson are said to have been on friendlier terms lately, after embarrassing disclosures in Dominion’s suit against Fox News.
"The announcement on Monday that Fox News was parting ways with its top-rated prime-time host, Tucker Carlson, stunned people in Donald J. Trump’s orbit. The former president himself was surprised by the news, according to a person with direct knowledge, and his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who is a close friend of Mr. Carlson’s, described the network’s decision as “mind-blowing.”
“I think it changes things permanently,” Donald Trump Jr. said on “The Charlie Kirk Show,” adding that Mr. Carlson was “an actual thought leader in conservatism” and a “once-in-a-generation type talent.”
The casual news observer would be forgiven for thinking that Mr. Trump and his family no longer had a relationship with Mr. Carlson, given the recent disclosures of the Fox host’s scathing private text messages, which emerged as part of the conservative network’s legal battle against Dominion Voting Systems.
In early 2021, as Mr. Trump desperately tried to overturn the 2020 election, Mr. Carlson texted a confidant that he hated the president “passionately.” He also described Mr. Trump as a “demonic force.”
Tucker Carlson’s Departure From Fox News
- Parting Ways: Shortly after Fox News agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit over election misinformation, the network abruptly fired Tucker Carlson, its biggest star. The Daily explains why.
- Chapter Closed: Carlson’s exit and Don Lemon’s synchronous ousting from CNN, signal at least a temporary move away from the excesses that characterized media coverage since 2016.
- Lawyering Up: Carlson and Lemon have both retained Bryan Freedman to navigate their dismissals. The lawyer has a track record of getting multimillion-dollar settlements for TV stars.
- Looking Back: We charted Tucker Carlson’s career as he built one of the most successful, and racist, show in the history of cable news. Here are the main takeaways.
In an interview with Greg Kelly of Newsmax that was recorded shortly after Mr. Carlson’s departure became public, Mr. Trump offered support for the former anchor. “I’m shocked. I’m surprised,” Mr. Trump said. “I think Tucker’s been terrific. He’s been, especially over the last year or so, he’s been terrific to me.”
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