Interviewing political leaders has been a staple of TIME’s journalism for decades, as we report on the most influential people in the world and bring those insights to our readers and viewers. With six months to go until the U.S Presidential election, we want our coverage of this campaign to be of service to our readers, and to help the world and American voters understand what the candidates would do if elected. Today, Donald Trump is in a better position to win the White House than at any point in the previous two campaigns. TIME’sEric Cortellessa, who covers the Trump campaign, interviewed the former President twice in April to hear from Trump himself what a second term would look like. Much of the coverage of the 2024 race has been about the future of American democracy—and for good reason, given Trump’s\xa0refusal to recognize his loss in 2020\xa0and the subsequent\xa0attack by his supporters\xa0on the Capitol. Trump’s ongoing\xa0criminal trial\xa0in Manhattan and his upcoming legal battles\xa0elsewhere\xa0have drawn attention away from specific policy proposals and priorities for Candidate Trump. But those priorities are ultimately what will define the nation’s politics if he wins. We came away from our interviews with Trump and a dozen of his closest advisers and confidantes with a clear understanding of an agenda that would reshape the presidency and American life. So much about Trump can seem unchanged since he\xa0first announced his candidacy. One can miss how much of the situation around him has been transformed. Trump has sat with TIME journalists regularly for extensive interviews since he announced he was running for President in 2015. We believe these interviews—and deep reporting that places them in historical context—provide valuable guidance for our readers. You’ll find in TIME the feature profile that resulted from our two recent interviews with Trump, as well as afull transcriptandfact checkof his remarks. | \t\t\t\t\t\t
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