I Alone Can Fix It by Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker
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I Alone Can Fix It
- Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
- By: Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker
- Narrated by: January LaVoy, Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences
Publisher's Summary
The instant number one New York Times best seller | A Washington Post Notable Book | One of NPR's Best Books of 2021
The definitive behind-the-scenes story of Trump's final year in office, by Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig, the Pulitzer-Prize winning reporters and authors of A Very Stable Genius.
“Chilling.” (Anderson Cooper) “Jaw-dropping.” (John Berman) “Shocking.” (John Heilemann) “Explosive.” (Hallie Jackson) “Blockbuster new reporting.” (Nicolle Wallace) “Bracing new revelations.” (Brian Williams) “Bombshell reporting.” (David Muir)
The true story of what took place in Donald Trump’s White House during a disastrous 2020 has never before been told in full. What was really going on around the president, as the government failed to contain the coronavirus and over half a million Americans perished? Who was influencing Trump after he refused to concede an election he had clearly lost and spread lies about election fraud? To answer these questions, Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig reveal a dysfunctional and bumbling presidency’s inner workings in unprecedented, stunning detail.
Focused on Trump and the key players around him - the doctors, generals, senior advisers, and Trump family members - Rucker and Leonnig provide a forensic account of the most devastating year in a presidency like no other. Their sources were in the room as time and time again Trump put his personal gain ahead of the good of the country. These witnesses to history tell the story of him longing to deploy the military to the streets of American cities to crush the protest movement in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, all to bolster his image of strength ahead of the election.
These sources saw firsthand his refusal to take the threat of the coronavirus seriously - even to the point of allowing himself and those around him to be infected. This is a story of a nation sabotaged—economically, medically, and politically - by its own leader, culminating with a groundbreaking, minute-by-minute account of exactly what went on in the Capitol building on January 6, as Trump’s supporters so easily breached the most sacred halls of American democracy, and how the president reacted. With unparalleled access, Rucker and Leonnig explain and expose exactly who enabled - and who foiled - Trump as he sought desperately to cling to power.
A classic and heart-racing work of investigative reporting, this book is destined to be read and studied by citizens and historians alike for decades to come.
©2021 Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker (P)2021 Penguin Audio
Thomas E. Jones
The Facts are There
The book is factual. But, I would have preferred that the political biases of the authors be left out. I could write a book, but here’s one example; two Supreme Court justices; one replacing the other. The Democrat-appointed justice is referred to as a “liberal hero” while the Republican-appointed one is a “hardline conservative.” That’s not even a taste of the authors’ political bias.
Just give me that facts and let me form my own bias…. I’m not interested in yours.
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J.B.
Trump is Limited to His Limbic
If you think you should read this book telling the story of the last year of the Trump presidency because between the authors they have four Pulitzer journalism awards, and that means they are organized, provide insightful stories, logically told to make truth discernable. Well, then you are where you need to be. Read the book. This book reveals the truth. It takes on each episode it covers with precise detail and leaves the conclusions for you to determine. The truth, it seems from the retold stories, is that Trump is not very smart, lacks business or political reasoning abilities, cares nothing for you or this nation, and functions akin to a reptile. He operates only out of his limbic capacities. If you can handle that truth, well then you are where you need to be. I Alone Can Fix It, Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year, by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, and narrated by January LaVoy (nice first name and a talented reader) is enlightening. (Well, disheartening how such a valueless human can be our president.) Yet, most of all this book is an education on the office of the presidency, its power, and how it controls and influences the world of Washington forces, such as the military, the Congress, and law enforcement. The book shows Trump to be an unimpressive national leader. Yet, there is 25% to 35% of the nation thinks he is tactical and smart. (I guess they think he is the man the Apprentice scripted him to look like.) This book gives you data to consider leaving that small minority or joining it. Do we continue to live on the precipice of the danger of an autocracy taking over? Yes. We held this time. Read this book if you want to realize we may not make it next time. Just part of one of the stories here to exemplify. Trump wanted to rationalize the Black Lives Protest Movement as dangerous so he could send the military into the streets to control our otherwise freedom to protest and speak out. In this manner, he could send the military into the streets take over those very same streets from the exercise of First Amendment rights. What would you expect from a man who uses the bible as a prop instead of as a guiding light? And if he then comes for one of your children, who is it you can turn to?
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