Trump Reportedly Suggested a New York Times Reporter Was Like His ‘Psychiatrist’

Former President Donald Trump enjoyed the company of one New York Times reporter, according to a report.

Over the weekend, The Atlantic published an excerpt of 📰The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman’s book.

The book is titled “Confidence Man: The Making of 👤Donald Trump and the Breaking of America.”

According to Haberman, Trump told two of his aides during an interview with Haberman how much he enjoyed her company.

“I love being with her; she’s like my psychiatrist,” Trump reportedly said.

Haberman wrote, “It was a meaningless line, almost certainly intended to flatter, the kind of thing he has said about the power of release he got from his Twitter feed or other interviews he has given over the years.”

She continued, “The reality is that he treats everyone like they are his psychiatrists — reporters, government aides, and members of Congress, friends and pseudo-friends and rally attendees and White House staff and customers.”

The reporter argues they all “present a chance for him to vent or test reactions or gauge how his statements are playing or discover how he is feeling.”

Haberman noted she “spent the four years of his presidency getting asked by people to decipher why he was doing what he was doing, but the truth is, ultimately, almost no one really knows him.”