Everything Trump touches dies : a Republican strategist gets real about the worst president ever / Rick Wilson.
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TextPublisher: New York : Free Press, 2018Edition: First Free Press hardcover editionDescription: viii, 327 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
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From Rick Wilson--longtime Republican strategist, political commentator, Daily Beast contributor--the #1 New York Times bestseller about the disease that is destroying the conservative movement and burning down the GOP: Trumpism.
In the #1 New York Times bestselling Everything Trump Touches Dies , political campaign strategist and commentator Rick Wilson delivers "a searingly honest, bitingly funny, comprehensive answer to the question we find ourselves asking most mornings: 'What the hell is going on?' ( Chicago Tribune ). The Guardian hails Everything Trump Touches Dies , saying it gives, "more unvarnished truths about Donald Trump than anyone else in the American political establishment has offered. Wilson never holds back." Rick mercilessly exposes the damage Trump has done to the country, to the Republican Party, and to the conservative movement that has abandoned its principles for the worst President in American history.
Wilson unblinkingly dismantles Trump's deceptions and the illusions to which his supporters cling, shedding light on the guilty parties who empower and enable Trump in Washington and in the media. He calls out the race-war dead-enders who hitched a ride with Trump, the alt-right basement dwellers who worship him, and the social conservatives who looked the other way. Publishers Weekly calls it, "a scathing, profane, unflinching, and laugh-out-loud funny rebuke of Donald Trump and his presidency."
No left-winger, Wilson is a lifelong conservative who delivers his withering critique of Trump from the right. A leader of the Never Trump movement, he warned from the start that Trump would destroy the lives and reputations of everyone in his orbit, and Everything Trump Touches Dies is a deft chronicle the tragicomic political story of our time. From the early campaign days through the shock of election night, to the inconceivable train-wreck of Trump's first year. Rick Wilson provides not only an insightful analysis of the Trump administration, but also an optimistic path forward for the GOP, the conservative movement, and the country.
"Hilarious, smartly written, and usually spot-on" ( Kirkus Reviews ), Everything Trump Touches Dies is perfect for those on either side of the aisle who need a dose of unvarnished reality, a good laugh, a strong cocktail, and a return to sanity in American politics.
30-year Republican political campaign strategist, ad maker, columnist, and commentator Rick Wilson confronts the absurdity of American politics in the Age of Trump. Wilson mercilessly takes down Trump and exposes the damage Trump has done to the country, to the Republican Party Wilson served for decades, and to the conservative movement that has abandoned its principles for the worst President in American history. Wilson is no left-winger. He's a lifelong conservative who delivers his withering critique of Trump from the right. A leader of the Never Trump movement, he takes on his own party to warn them of the political catastrophe Trump has caused and concludes that everyone involved with Trump leaves with their reputation destroyed and their life in tatters. Wilson unblinkingly dismantles Trump's deceptions and the illusions to which his supporters cling. He sheds light on the causes of the Trump phenomenon and identifies the guilty parties who empower and enable Trump in Washington and the news media. He calls out the social conservatives who looked the other way, the race-war dead-enders who hitched a ride with Trump, and the alt-right basement dwellers who worship him. But he also offers an optimistic path forward for the GOP, the conservative movement, and the country.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-326).
Vichy Republicans -- Furrowed brows and deep concern -- Running with the devil -- That's why you got Trump -- What we lost with Trump -- The media -- The Trump base -- Limited government -- The grown-ups all die too -- Welcome to Hell -- The Trump family syndicate -- Team Crony -- Clown princes of the Trump media -- Trump's island of misfit toys -- The alt-reich -- But Gorsuch -- Trump is electoral poison -- My party after Trump -- Epilogue: Post-Trump America.