Regime Change vs Confidence Man — What's New and What's Different

A factual comparison of Haberman's 2022 solo book and the 2026 co-authored work.

Confidence ManRegime Change
Author(s)Maggie Haberman (solo)Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan (co-authored)
PublisherPenguin PressSimon & Schuster
Year20222026
Pages428496
FocusTrump's career through end of first termHow power is exercised and transferred since 2024
Sourcing approachHaberman's solo reporting networkPooled sourcing: Haberman (political/legal) + Swan (executive branch/Republican operatives)
FormatHardcover, Kindle, AudioHardcover, Kindle, Audio

The key difference is sourcing scope. Confidence Man was a single-author portrait reconstructed from Haberman's decades of New York and Washington reporting. Regime Change is the first co-authored book from both reporters and represents pooled sourcing networks that neither could access alone.

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