President Donald Trump turned his back on Vice President JD Vance in anger last summer after he suggested softening parts of a speech about U.S. strikes on Iran, according to a book from New York Times reporters.

In "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," obtained by Politico, New York Times correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reported that Vance, an Iraq War veteran and longtime skeptic of foreign interventions, appeared "anxious" to aides the night Operation Midnight Hammer commenced.

President Donald Trump's decision to double down on his claim that he doesn't pay attention to Americans' finances is an indication of how clueless and insulated he is from public opinion, The New York Times' Maggie Haberman told CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Friday's edition of "The Source" — and how unaware he is that he is handing Democrats powerful ammunition to beat him.

"You've covered the president his entire political career," said Collins. "He's typically known for having good political instincts when it comes to voters and their sensitivities. What did you make of him doubling down on that comment tonight?"

Trump administration officials are increasingly employing religious symbolism to justify the Iran war and other unpopular policies, according to New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman.

President Donald Trump posted an image depicting himself as a Christlike healer, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has framed the conflict in explicitly religious terms and quoted Bible verses during press updates, though one quote was actually dialogue from a Quentin Tarantino film.

Maggie Haberman of the New York Times said on Wednesday that the paper's leadership warned reporters that there may be more investigations conducted by President Donald Trump's FBI.

Haberman's comments came hours after the NYT reported that FBI Director Kash Patel had reviewed information the agency had about reporter Elizabeth Williamson after she published a report about the level of FBI security given to Patel's girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, and Patel's use of FBI jets to travel to see Wilkins.

Trump administration officials are leaning harder into religious symbolism to justify the war in Iran and other unpopular policies, and New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman marveled at the "off-the-rails" audacity of their efforts.

President Donald Trump posted an image of himself as a Christlike healer over the weekend, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has framed the war in explicitly religious terms and quoted Bible verses – although one of those turned out to be dialogue from a Quentin Tarantino film – during his weekly press updates.