[tinyowl]

This article @ CBS says a few things:

1. New York is a one party consent state, hence taping was legal, equivalent of attorney taking notes.
2. But yes ... it's privileged, and essentially the client, Trump, has control over it's being released or not.
3. Trump's legal team explicitly waived privledge.

The question then would be of course ... why waive it? I can think of a few reasons given the nature of how Trump plays politics, but it's time for me to get back to vacation.

[Buckeye McFrog]

why waive it?

I guess because it will REALLY demoralize the Left once his approval numbers fail to go down again.

[1Old Pro]

The question then would be of course ... why waive it?

Because then everyone will want to hear the other tapes, the one with "REPORTERS" that he references..

[Gil4]

This article @ CBS says a few things:
...
3.Trump's legal team explicitly waived privilege.

I had heard this a couple of days ago. I guess I'm confused as to why Trump is complaining about the release when he authorized it. I could see complaining about the selective editing, but I would guess that was the media's doing.