Gabriel Sherman
Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair special correspondent, Author of NYT bestseller THE LOUDEST VOICE IN THE ROOM, @nymag alum [email protected]
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2 weeks ago |
vanityfair.com | Gabriel Sherman
During Pete Hegseth’s contentious confirmation hearing to become Donald Trump’s Defense Secretary, Democrats argued that the Fox News morning host lacked the management experience to lead a department with an $850 billion budget. Now past his 100-day mark, Trump is coming to share that view. According to three sources close to the White House, Trump has told people he is frustrated with the chaos swirling around Hegseth and the Pentagon.
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4 weeks ago |
vanityfair.com | Gabriel Sherman
Since the nation’s founding, the national press has played a vital role in the system of checks and balances that undergirds American democracy. John F. Kennedy famously extolled the importance of journalism as a corrective to bad policymaking after he authorized the disastrous CIA mission to invade Cuba in 1961. “Maybe if you had printed more about the operation, you would have saved us from a colossal mistake,” Kennedy later told New York Times managing editor Turner Catledge.
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1 month ago |
vanityfair.com | Gabriel Sherman
As American stock markets fell Thursday morning, it became clear that the previous day’s rally was more likely the eye of the economic storm whipped up by Donald Trump’s chaotic tariff policy rather than its total passage.
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1 month ago |
vanityfair.com | Gabriel Sherman
Moments after the stock markets closed on Wednesday afternoon, President Donald Trump unveiled his long-anticipated tariff plan at a Rose Garden event he dubbed “Liberation Day.” Trump announced that all imports will be subject to a baseline 10% tariff. He also set country-specific reciprocal tariffs on imported products (34% for China, 20% for the European Union, 24% for Japan). Trump peppered his speech with grand predictions of an economic Valhalla. “Jobs and factories will come roaring back.
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2 months ago |
vanityfair.com | Gabriel Sherman
Elon Musk revolutionized the electric car and rocket industries by applying the Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things. But as the face of Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, Musk is discovering that the engineering skills that made him the world’s richest man don’t always translate to politics.
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When the Washington Post reported on Watergate, Nixon resigned. When the media reports on Trump’s lawlessness, he digs in. My latest on why hard-hitting journalism makes Trump do worse things. https://t.co/4BbiFiGsFT
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