A very stable genius : Donald J. Trump's testing of America /

Rucker, Philip,

A very stable genius : Donald J. Trump's testing of America / Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig. - xii, 465 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-442) and index.

Building blocks -- Paranoia and pandemonium -- The road to obstruction -- A fateful firing -- The G-Man cometh -- Suiting up for battle -- Impeding justice -- A cover-up -- Shocking the conscience -- Unhinged -- Winging it -- Spygate -- Breakdown -- One-man firing squad -- Congratulating Putin -- A chilling raid -- Hand grenade diplomacy -- The resistance within -- Scare-a-thon -- An ornery diplomat -- Gut over brains -- Axis of enablers -- Loyalty and truth -- The report -- The show goes on.

"This peerless and gripping narrative reveals President Trump at his most unvarnished and exposes how decision making in his administration has been driven by a reflexive logic of self-preservation and self-aggrandizement - but a logic nonetheless. This is the story of how an unparalleled president has scrambled to survive and tested the strength of America's democracy and its common heart as a nation."--Amazon When he accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland, Trump promised to restore what he described as a fallen nation. Yet over the subsequent years it has been hard to see beyond the daily chaos of scandal, investigation, and constant bluster. His first term appears to be pure and uninhibited chaos-- but there are patterns to his behavior and that of his associates. The universal value of the Trump administration is loyalty: not to the country, but to the president himself. Leonnig and Rucker take readers inside Robert Mueller's Russia investigation as well as the president's own haphazard but ultimately successful legal defense. -- adapted from jacket

9781984877499 1984877496

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Trump, Donald, 1946-
Mueller, Robert S., III, 1944-


Presidents--United States.
Presidents--Staff.--United States
Political culture--History--United States--21st century.


United States--Politics and government--2017-

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