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"I don't think I've ever heard anyone describe Donald Trump in any context as happy."
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2:17Now PlayingPeter Baker on if President Trump is happy: "Well, I think he likes being the center of attention. Right? He always has. That's been his modus operandi since his days in real estate in New York. He would go into that. He didn't mind being in the gossip columns, even if it said terrible things about him, as long as it's had his name spelled right. He once was heard telling an aide, it's totally fine. They can write anything about you as long as they don't call you a pedophile. And now he's the center of attention. Everybody turns on his every word. He gets to name things after himself. He gets to put his picture in different places. He gets to, to maybe rename battle, a whole class of battleships after himself. And I think he likes that. I think he likes the attention. I think he likes, being at the center of things. I think he likes control. And I think he likes having, the ability to, you know, snap his fingers and have a say on all kinds of things in American society. Not just politics and government but also sports and culture and other areas where he can have an influence."
Susan Glasser: "Although I have to say, it's fascinating to me that you ask the question, you know, is he a happy person? Because now that you say that, I don't think I've ever heard anyone describe Donald Trump in any context as happy, you know, I think. Right. Like, he's such a relentlessly, you know, sort of insatiable character. Right. He's insatiable for, you know, for money, for attention, for fame. That's the other reason that he might be happy, though, is because he's clearly also making billions of dollars off of the press."
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