The FRONTLINE Interviews:

Trump's Comeback

Our Sources. On the Record. At Your Fingertips.

To produce Trump’s Comeback, the FRONTLINE team drew on nearly a decade of reporting on Donald Trump, and conducted seven new interviews with journalists as well as current and former Trump advisers. Collectively, they tell the story of a lifetime of setbacks and victories that led to Trump’s greatest comeback in the 2024 presidential election. The interviews can be explored below in video or text. The collection is part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, which makes our source material available to the public.

Interviews

Ken Auletta
The New Yorker

Text
Peter Baker
The New York Times

Video
Dan Balz
Political Correspondent, The Washington Post

Text
Steve Bannon
First interview with the Former Trump adviser

Video
Gwenda Blair
Author, The Trumps

Text
Marie Brenner
Vanity Fair

Text
Kellyanne Conway
Trump Adviser

Video
Robert Costa
CBS News

Video
Jim Dowd
Public Relations Director, The Apprentice

Text
Marc Fisher
The Washington Post

Video
Hogan Gidley
Deputy White House Press Secretary

Video
Newt Gingrich
Author, Understanding Trump

Video
Nikki Haskell
Trump Friend

Text
Megyn Kelly
The Megyn Kelly Show

Video
Michael Kranish
The Washington Post

Text
Carol Leonnig
Co-author, I Alone Can Fix It

Text
Lisa Lerer
The New York Times

Video
Omarosa Manigault
Contestant, The Apprentice

Text
Alan Marcus
Trump PR Adviser

Text
David Marcus
Cousin of Roy Cohn

Video
Jane Mayer
The New Yorker

Text
Timothy O'Brien
Author, TrumpNation

Video
Barbara Res
Former VP, Trump Organization

Text
Eugene Robinson
The Washington Post

Text
Brooke Rollins
White House Policy Adviser

Video
Tony Schwartz
Co-Author, Trump: The Art of the Deal

Text
Roger Stone
Former Trump Adviser

Text
Louise Sunshine
Former Trump Adviser

Text
Mary Trump
Donald Trump's Niece

Video

Interviews for Trump's Comeback were conducted by Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser of the Kirk Documentary Group and edited for the web by Lauren Prestileo. The Transparency Project is produced by Lauren Prestileo.

Design and build for Trump's Comeback by Dan Nolan and Anthony DeLorenzo with assistance from Kimberly Patch. Video editing by O. Deborah Afolayan. Copy editing by Julie Wolf. Additional assistance from Kristina Abovyan, Priyanka Boghani, Ambika Kandasamy, Sunny Nagpaul and Patrice Taddonio.

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