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A very stable genius : Donald J. Trump's testing of America / Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: xii, 465 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781984877499
  • 1984877496
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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."--AmazonSummary: 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
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The instant #1 bestseller.

"This taut and terrifying book is among the most closely observed accounts of Donald J. Trump's shambolic tenure in office to date."
- Dwight Garner, The New York Times

Washington Post national investigative reporter Carol Leonnig and White House bureau chief Philip Rucker, both Pulitzer Prize winners, provide the definitive insider narrative of Donald Trump's presidency

"I alone can fix it." So proclaimed Donald J. Trump on July 21, 2016, accepting the Republican presidential nomination and promising to restore what he described as a fallen nation. Yet as he undertook the actual work of the commander in chief, it became nearly impossible to see beyond the daily chaos of scandal, investigation, and constant bluster. In fact, there were patterns to his behavior and that of his associates. The universal value of the Trump administration was loyalty--not to the country, but to the president himself--and Trump's North Star was always the perpetuation of his own power.

With deep and unmatched sources throughout Washington, D.C., Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker reveal the forty-fifth president up close. Here, for the first time, certain officials who felt honor-bound not to divulge what they witnessed in positions of trust tell the truth for the benefit of history.

A peerless and gripping narrative, A Very Stable Genius not only reveals President Trump at his most unvarnished but shows how he tested the strength of America's democracy and its common heart as a nation.

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

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