Behind the Curtain: Power, Personalities, and Trump’s Second Term
Chris Whipple
Critically Acclaimed Author, Political Analyst, & Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker
Chris Whipple joins The Common Good for an exclusive Zoom briefing that goes behind the scenes of his revelatory, rare on-the-record interviews with Susie Wiles, the most powerful figure in the West Wing after Donald Trump himself.
Hailed as an “indispensable observer of American power”, Whipple offers one of the most candid portraits yet of how Trump’s second administration really operates—from the Epstein files fallout to the politics of retribution, late-night crisis management, and a presidency seemingly driven by impulse as much as strategy.
You’ve read the reporting. This is the conversation behind it. Smart, unsettling, and impossible to look away.
About Our Speaker
Chris Whipple is an author, political analyst, documentary filmmaker, and speaker. He’s been called “an indispensable observer of American power.” Peter Baker, Chief White House Correspondent of The New York Times, calls him “a premier journalist and historian of the White House as well as the intelligence community.” A former CBS 60 Minutes producer, Whipple is the author of the book that is rocking the political world, Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History, which rocketed to #6 on the New York Times bestseller list. His previous books include The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency, a New York Times bestseller, The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future, and The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House. He has written for Vanity Fair, Politico, The Daily Beast, and many other publications. Whipple has spoken at the Harvard Kennedy School and Yale’s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs.