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Fear: Trump in the White House
Scris de Bob Woodward
Povestit de Robert Petkoff
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- Simon & Schuster Audio
- Lansat:
- Sep 11, 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781508240105
- Format:
- Carte audio
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THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT
With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump's White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and documents. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One and the White House residence.
Fear is the most intimate portrait of a sitting president ever published during the president's first years in office.
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Fear: Trump in the White House
Scris de Bob Woodward
Povestit de Robert Petkoff
Nota redactorului
Descriere
THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT
With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump's White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and documents. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One and the White House residence.
Fear is the most intimate portrait of a sitting president ever published during the president's first years in office.
- Editor:
- Simon & Schuster Audio
- Lansat:
- Sep 11, 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781508240105
- Format:
- Carte audio
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20 or 30 years from now, some student or historian will read Woodward's book and wonder how the hell the presidency had gotten to that point. As much as they will wonder about Trump, they will also wonder about the people who worked for him and why they put up with Trump's insults and incompetency...
I skimmed through much of the book as there were sections that were just too painful and upsetting to read. Obviously Woodward did a great job in researching the book and contacting members of the administration and getting their perspective.
Again, if you are a Trump supporter, you will have no interest in reading this book – – you will label it as fake news just as any other criticism of Trump is considered.
First, you should read it. A book does so much more justice to history than tweets, news stories, commentator hot takes, and social media rants. Do yourself a favor, and take the time to read the book.
Second, I didn't pick up "fear" as a very good theme for the book. "Unhinged," or "Liar," or "Unprecedented," or "Wowsahs" all might be better titles. But "fear" just didn't seem to fit. I'm not saying that Trump hasn't used fear at any point to get what he wants or that it isn't a theme in his administration--nor am I say that it is--just that Woodward doesn't really seem to draw that theme so much as drop it in at a couple random points. (But then, "Liar" might have provoked a lawsuit for slander, and would red goes better with fear, and if we're all about selling books, "Fear" on a red cover goes better, right? Good thing we're not judging books by their cover...)
Third: there are both heroes and villains in this story. And that's just inside the White House. Unfortunately, the heroes can't consistently manage, and the President seems to lack an internal compass. Enter the villains...
And last: As one friend pointed out (at book club, and you know who you are), he finished reading the book and, oddly, his opinion of Trump actually went up. I don't know if that's because his opinion was so low before that it could only increase, or if Trump really is better than we give him credit...nah, it's not that. But it made me think about how complex the modern White House is and the difficulty of governing in the polarized environment of constant media scrutiny. Sure, Trump is largely where he is because of that situation, but he's also an ongoing victim of it.
Or maybe we are victims of it?
It's a republic if we can keep it, and 24-hour news consumption is not helping us keep it. Go read a book. This one, even.
Bonus thought: the Democrats are not helping themselves. They're ensuring that Trump wins reelection, transforms the judiciary, and remakes foreign policy in a way no one has been able to do in a decade. All is not lost, nor is it all bad news.