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Cargando... A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America (2020 original; edición 2020)por Philip Rucker rsutto22 | Jul 15, 2021 |   Where is the planet headed? Where is democracy headed? When the traveling masses are in the hundreds of millions where and when, if ever, will they settle? What are we to do without work? (  ) MylesKesten | Jan 23, 2024 |  )1  lpg3d | Nov 12, 2022 | ) auldhouse | Sep 30, 2021 | Rucker and Leonnig's book seems similar in approach to Bob Woodward's earlier book "Fear". Like Woodward, Rucker and Leonnig interviewed Trump insiders and senior members of the Trump Administration. And like Woodward's book, the authors tried to write as reliable a book as possible, even if some of the sources they interviewed may be considered to be unreliable by critics. But when coupled with the plethora of other books already written about the President and his Administration, such as Michael Wolf's Siege, David Frum's Trumocracy, Omarosa Newman's Unhinged, David Cay Johnson's It's Even Worse Than You Think and The Making of Donald Trump, Michael Isikoff's & David Corn"s Russian Roulette, Katy Tur's Unbelievable, Michael Kranish's Trump Revealed, etc., the multiple of sources and the multiple corroboration of the same stories makes you believe that most of these stories are true. One new source the authors had access to, which wasn't available to earlier book authors, is the recent information produced in the Muller Report. The 448 page Muller Report, which investigated possible collusion of the Trump campaign with Russia, is a catalog of presidential scheming and misconduct. Volume 2 of the report details 10 events scrutinized for obstruction of justice. The report notes that Trump pressured his aids to lie to investigators and fabricate false records. Muller suggested that Congress could / should investigate and prosecute, since Muller felt that Department of Justice policy prevents charging a sitting President with a crime. The only punishment option is Congressional impeachment. The Report writers stated that if the investigators were confident that Trump did not obstruct justice, they would have said so. The Muller report concluded: "While this Report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him". On other matters, Rucker and Leonnig had access to a number of Trump associates, who while feeling honor bound to not openly criticize the President, did discuss what they observed within the White House. A theme which recurs throughout the book is that the dominant value of the Trump Administration is loyalty to the President. And the President's dominant value is the accumulation of wealth, praise and respect. There's no shortage of critical commentary of the President in the book. But the criticism isn't from political opponents. Rather, it comes from Trump's own aides, people who have worked with the President. Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer and someone who's been Trump's "fixer" for 10 years, stated he was ashamed about his behavior acting for Trump. Cohen had copies of Trump's financial statements, copies of checks for hush money payments, copies of letters he wrote on Trump's behalf to Trump's high school, college, and college boards, threatening to sue if they ever release Trump's school grades or SAT scores, etc. None of these actions give credence to Trump's claim that he's as rich as he claims, or was as good a student as he claims. In pleading guilty in 9th District of NY, Cohen identified Trump as a racist, a con-man, a cheat, and said Trump was more craven, dishonest, and racist in private than seen in public. Others, as we've heard previously, are no less kind. It was widely reported that former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster referred to the President a dope, that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis likened him like a 5th grader, Steve Mnuchin called him an idiot, as did Reince Priebus. Omarosa Newman, a former Trump aide and supporter, calls him racist. Anthony Scaramucci, briefly the White House Director of Communications, calls Trump a congenital liar. Replacement Chief of Staff John Kelly called him a f'n idiot, former Sec. of State Rex Tillerson called him a f'n moron, and Chief Economic Advisor Gary Cohn called him dumb as s#it, etc. With all that, the authors seemed to clearly make their point on this "Very Stable Genius". (  ) rsutto22 | Jul 15, 2021 | It is you Fox fans who will benefit most from the book, if you are of the reading type; stars galore, for broad-mindedness and courage. ( ) KENNERLYDAN | Jul 11, 2021 | amyem58 | Dec 31, 2020 |  ) flourgirl49 | Aug 27, 2020 | ) ShelleyAlberta | Jul 27, 2020 | ) PaulaGalvan | Jun 3, 2020 | If you are a regular reader of The Washington Post, not much in A Very Stable Genius will be new to you. That should be no surprise because the authors are star reporters covering the White House. Nor is there any breaking news, because the book’s epilog gets us only so far as the beginnings of the impeachment hearings. But that does not mean that even a regular reader of the Post will not find this book valuable. In a clear way, it explains some of the havoc the mercurial personality of the president has wrought on the governance of defense, foreign policy, and justice. Trump predictably called the book all lies, even though none of the information or quotations in the book were challenged. Most of the information in the book comes either from Trump’s own speeches and tweets or from people who were in the room when the disasters were being hatched. The result is excellent explanatory journalism. There are no rants or polemics from the authors. Like the Mueller report, they leave the readers to draw their own conclusions. For this reader, the evidence they have assembled and the story they tell provides a chill to the bone, as the only people I can admire are the ones who had the guts to quit and tell Trump why. But the downside is that all those folks were, in fact, forced out. An exception is Chris Christie, who had the good sense to turn down the chance to be Trump's chief of staff, a job that could have damaged his reputation even more than Bridgegate. ( ) Tom-e | May 6, 2020 | ) addunn3 | Apr 27, 2020 | ) lanewillson | Apr 14, 2020 |  ) carolfoisset | Mar 8, 2020 | ) Deelightful | Mar 1, 2020 | ) Doondeck | Mar 1, 2020 | ) pieterpad | Feb 28, 2020 | ) jtsolakos | Feb 22, 2020 | ) MrDickie | Feb 13, 2020 | ) Susan.Macura | Feb 11, 2020 | I never thought I could feel sorry for the former Homeland Security Secretary Kristen Nielsen but the authors brought up the tough row she had to hoe. She was getting death threats as she attempted to do what Trump made her do and yet she had no security provided because well, Trump. Such a jackass. And a dangerous man. *Bonus question: Can you name the present Secretary of Homeland Security? No of course not. Nielsen was absolutely hated but her successor just does everything, legal or illegal, that Trump demands so not a word about him. The book covered everything about the administration from the beginning up to Trump's phone call with the President of Ukraine, the day after he was cleared by the Mueller Report. This is only the second book I've read about this President/Administration and will probably be the last. Even though the outrages continue on a daily basis I just have to step away and hope that we vote him out of office. ( ) brenzi | Feb 10, 2020 | ) Citizenjoyce | Feb 4, 2020 | ) FormerEnglishTeacher | Jan 29, 2020 | ) johnclaydon | Jan 28, 2020 | |
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Rucker and Leonnig's book seems similar in approach to Bob Woodward's earlier book "Fear". Like Woodward, Rucker and Leonnig interviewed Trump insiders and senior members of the Trump Administration. And like Woodward's book, the authors tried to write as reliable a book as possible, even if some of the sources they interviewed may be considered to be unreliable by critics. But when coupled with the plethora of other books already written about the President and his Administration, such as Michael Wolf's Siege, David Frum's Trumocracy, Omarosa Newman's Unhinged, David Cay Johnson's It's Even Worse Than You Think and The Making of Donald Trump, Michael Isikoff's & David Corn"s Russian Roulette, Katy Tur's Unbelievable, Michael Kranish's Trump Revealed, etc., the multiple of sources and the multiple corroboration of the same stories makes you believe that most of these stories are true.
One new source the authors had access to, which wasn't available to earlier book authors, is the recent information produced in the Muller Report. The 448 page Muller Report, which investigated possible collusion of the Trump campaign with Russia, is a catalog of presidential scheming and misconduct. Volume 2 of the report details 10 events scrutinized for obstruction of justice. The report notes that Trump pressured his aids to lie to investigators and fabricate false records. Muller suggested that Congress could / should investigate and prosecute, since Muller felt that Department of Justice policy prevents charging a sitting President with a crime. The only punishment option is Congressional impeachment. The Report writers stated that if the investigators were confident that Trump did not obstruct justice, they would have said so. The Muller report concluded: "While this Report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him".
On other matters, Rucker and Leonnig had access to a number of Trump associates, who while feeling honor bound to not openly criticize the President, did discuss what they observed within the White House. A theme which recurs throughout the book is that the dominant value of the Trump Administration is loyalty to the President. And the President's dominant value is the accumulation of wealth, praise and respect.
There's no shortage of critical commentary of the President in the book. But the criticism isn't from political opponents. Rather, it comes from Trump's own aides, people who have worked with the President. Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer and someone who's been Trump's "fixer" for 10 years, stated he was ashamed about his behavior acting for Trump. Cohen had copies of Trump's financial statements, copies of checks for hush money payments, copies of letters he wrote on Trump's behalf to Trump's high school, college, and college boards, threatening to sue if they ever release Trump's school grades or SAT scores, etc. None of these actions give credence to Trump's claim that he's as rich as he claims, or was as good a student as he claims. In pleading guilty in 9th District of NY, Cohen identified Trump as a racist, a con-man, a cheat, and said Trump was more craven, dishonest, and racist in private than seen in public.
Others, as we've heard previously, are no less kind. It was widely reported that former National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster referred to the President a dope, that Defense Secretary Jim Mattis likened him like a 5th grader, Steve Mnuchin called him an idiot, as did Reince Priebus. Omarosa Newman, a former Trump aide and supporter, calls him racist. Anthony Scaramucci, briefly the White House Director of Communications, calls Trump a congenital liar. Replacement Chief of Staff John Kelly called him a f'n idiot, former Sec. of State Rex Tillerson called him a f'n moron, and Chief Economic Advisor Gary Cohn called him dumb as s#it, etc. With all that, the authors seemed to clearly make their point on this "Very Stable Genius". (