Donald Trump is a unique figure in political history—entertaining, outrageous, crude, dishonest, and criminal—yet Friedman has maintained a journalistic relationship with him and once was quoted favorably by Trump regarding the Abraham Accords, after which Trump called to compliment him.
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“I think Donald Trump is a unique figure in history the political history have you met him what's he like um yeah so we know each other um uh and um uh he can be extremely entertaining um in person um uh outrageous but entertaining the last time I talked to him... he called me and said uh Tom I can't believe the new yorktimes s let you say that”
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Thomas Friedman on the Future of America and the World: The Post-Election Dissection (Part 1)— Intelligence SquaredCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:09:18 AM
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