Timothy L. O'Brien's guest appearances

Timothy L. O'Brien

Keen On

Capitol Weekly Podcast

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

Ron Brownstein

Phil Klay

Michael Waldman

Evan Osnos

Cass Sunstein

Fiona Hill

Rudy Giuliani

Anne Applebaum

Tiffany Shlain

Thomas Frank

Kurt Andersen

Yanis Varoufakis

Nicholson Baker

Michael McDonald

Jon Mooallem

OwlTail

Few people have as deep and intimate an understanding of who Donald Trump is as a person as Bloomberg Opinion executive editor Timothy L. O'Brien. Not only has O'Brien written an entire biography of the man in his book "TrumpNation: "The Art of Being The Donald," he was even sued by Trump for libel for giving a true account of the scope of the president's financial worth. In due course, Timothy has actually become an astute observer of the Trump brand, peering beyond the fabricated persona to see what really lies beneath. Plus, Al and James discuss just what might happen if things don't go well for Trump in November.

Few people have as deep and intimate an understanding of who Donald Trump is as a person as Bloomberg Opinion executive editor <a href="https://timothylobrien.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Timothy L. O'Brien</a>. Not only has O'Brien written an entire biography of the man in his book "TrumpNation: "The Art of Being The Donald," he was even sued by Trump for libel for giving a true account of the scope of the president's financial worth. In due course, Timothy has actually become an astute observer of the Trump brand, peering beyond the fabricated persona to see what really lies beneath. Plus, Al and James discuss just what might happen if things don't go well for Trump in November.

33: Timothy L. O'Brien on the Methodology and Madness of Trump

Timothy L. O'Brien is an award-winning author and journalist with more than 20 years of experience at leading media enterprises, including Bloomberg LP, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and HuffPost. He's currently the executive editor of Bloomberg LP's two premier public policy, politics and business commentary platforms: View and Gadfly. O'Brien edited a series on wounded war veterans that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012. He's also the recipient of a 1999 Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism and is the author of three books. He was a reporter and a senior editor at The New York Times, where he oversaw the Sunday Business section and helped lead a team of reporters that was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Public Service for a series of articles about the 2008 financial crisis. The same series received a Loeb Award in 2009. O'Brien is the author of two non-fiction books -- TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald and Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz and Danger of America's Gambling Industry. He is also the author of an historical novel, The Lincoln Conspiracy. Donald Trump sued O'Brien for libel in 2006. Trump lost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Timothy L. O'Brien is an award-winning author and journalist with more than 20 years of experience at leading media enterprises, including Bloomberg LP, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and HuffPost. He's currently the executive editor of Bloomberg LP's two premier public policy, politics and business commentary platforms: View and Gadfly. O'Brien edited a series on wounded war veterans that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012. He's also the recipient of a 1999 Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism and is the author of three books. He was a reporter and a senior editor at The New York Times, where he oversaw the Sunday Business section and helped lead a team of reporters that was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Public Service for a series of articles about the 2008 financial crisis. The same series received a Loeb Award in 2009. O'Brien is the author of two non-fiction books -- TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald and Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz and Danger of America's Gambling Industry. He is also the author of an historical novel, The Lincoln Conspiracy. Donald Trump sued O'Brien for libel in 2006. Trump lost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Timothy L. O'Brien: What's it Like Being Sued by the President of the United States?

Author and reporter Timothy L. O'Brien first came to national prominence with the 2005 publication ofTrump Nation, a book examining the then-TV star's fortunes... and which claimed that Trump had vastly inflated the value of his holdings, and was not, in fact, a billionaire - or even close.  Trump sued, claiming he was libeled; a judge dismissed the case. That was then; these days O'Brien is a campaign surrogate for another rich 70-something New Yorker, former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg. O'Brien argues the case that Bloomberg is uniquely positioned to take on Trump via the unimaginable financial resources at his command. Those resources (+/- $55 Billion, but who's counting) have made it possible for Bloomberg to outspend all other 2020 Dem presidential primary campaigns COMBINED. At 400 people, he has the largest campaign staff in California and has outspent his rivals on CA TV by orders of magnitude. His expenditures have paid dividends - he is currently polling within a couple points of former vice president Joe Biden in the state. But, California has a history of rejecting the campaigns of self-funded ultra-rich candidates (see: Whitman, Meg; Checchi, Al; Huffington, Michael); will Bloomberg buck the trend?

Author and reporter Timothy L. O'Brien first came to national prominence with the 2005 publication ofTrump Nation, a book examining the then-TV star's fortunes... and which claimed that Trump had vastly inflated the value of his holdings, and was not, in fact, a billionaire - or even close. Trump sued, claiming he was libeled; a judge dismissed the case. That was then; these days O'Brien is a campaign surrogate for another rich 70-something New Yorker, former NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg. O'Brien argues the case that Bloomberg is uniquely positioned to take on Trump via the unimaginable financial resources at his command. Those resources (+/- $55 Billion, but who's counting) have made it possible for Bloomberg to outspend all other 2020 Dem presidential primary campaigns COMBINED. At 400 people, he has the largest campaign staff in California and has outspent his rivals on CA TV by orders of magnitude. His expenditures have paid dividends - he is currently polling within a couple points of former vice president Joe Biden in the state. But, California has a history of rejecting the campaigns of self-funded ultra-rich candidates (see: Whitman, Meg; Checchi, Al; Huffington, Michael); will Bloomberg buck the trend?

CWPODCAST94, Timothy L. O'Brien on Bloomberg and Trump