Podcast: Pod Save America
Episode: Trump Spirals Out About Violating Gag Order in Criminal Trial
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode, complete with an Amazon buy link and quotes from the episode.
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"Later, George Stephanopoulos talks to Dan about covering 2024 in his new book, which is full of untold stories about the White House Situation Room."
All Too Human
Buy on Amazon"I haven't written a book since my memoir, All Too Human, which came out in 1999."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"Joining now to discuss his forthcoming book, The Situation Room, the inside story of presidents and crises, something both of us have some experience with, he's co-host of Good Morning America and anchors This Week on ABC, George Stephanopoulos."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"I'm gonna get to your fascinating book in a second, but I want to start with this campaign we're in the middle of."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"I want to pivot to your book because I think it's fascinating, and I think it actually is a very helpful way of understanding this election."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"You've got a whole host of other projects; like, why in God's name did you write a book? What made you do this?"
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"Each time I had an internal standard for myself, and I don't want to cast aspersions on any of my colleagues in the journalism world, but my one bar for me was that it couldn't be like a potted book."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"And number two, I really wanted to do a book that felt new and different at least to me, and it would be a book where I would consider it a good book if I read it."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"I started a book many years ago, and I could tell four chapters in that it was not meeting that standard, so I put it aside."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"In this case, somebody came to me and said, 'How about a book about the Situation Room?'"
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"There was one book by a former staffer, a guy named Michael Bone, which came out 20 years ago, and when I heard that it really hadn't been done and saw that it could be a window into looking at crisis management in the White House, I immediately said, 'Wow, this is a great idea.'"
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"I should also add that I'm in the aides' village of writing a book; I certainly wrote it, but I had a co-writer, Lisa Dickey, and I had a terrific research team—Cameron Peters and Emily Michelle—and they were just fantastic."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"Being able to tell their stories was just a great treat, and frankly, to go back to the top of our discussion, it was a wonderful tonic or antidote to dealing with our current politics every morning."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"And it turns out, we've heard a lot about the deep state in the last several years; my insight after spending the last couple of years on this book is that the deep state is packed with patriots who are doing an amazing job."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"You picked the Situation Room and talked to the professionals, but this is obviously a way to highlight the crises that these presidents dealt with."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"It gives you a way to understand how these presidents make decisions in crises, which is where you can truly see who the president is, what they stand for, and their values."
The Situation Room
Buy on Amazon"Well, in some ways, the Trump chapter was the most difficult to write because we've all become so numb."
Postcards From the Edge
Buy on Amazon"I came up with the title before finalizing that chapter, and it’s called 'Postcards From The Edge.'"