Donald Trump

The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes & Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump by Dan Pfeiffer

January-February 2019, no. 408

Varun Ghosh reviews 'The World As It Is: Inside the Obama White House' by Ben Rhodes and 'Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump' by Dan Pfeiffer

Gareth Evans diagnosed the affliction of leaving government as relevance deprivation syndrome. For those who worked in the Obama administration, leaving the White House must have presented deeper maladies: the bewildering success of a reviled political opponent and a profound sense of missed opportunities. Two recently released memoirs by former Obama staffers grapple with this reality in very different ways.

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Collusion: How Russia Helped Trump Win the White House by Luke Harding

by Varun Ghosh •

March 2018, no. 399

Varun Ghosh reviews 'Collusion: How Russia helped Trump win the White House' by Luke Harding

It is now widely believed that Russia and its agents interfered with the 2016 US presidential election to help Donald Trump get elected ...

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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff

by Gideon Haigh •

March 2018, no. 399

Gideon Haigh reviews 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House' by Michael Wolff

In his new account of Donald Trump’s presidency, Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff describes how Trump’s ‘adviser’ Steve Bannon counselled fellow White House newbies to read The Best and The Brightest as preparation for their administration’s tasks. Rarely for the mordant Bannon, his enthusiasm for David Halberstam’s 1972 classic ...

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Letter to the Editor - November 2016

by Hidden Author •

November 2016, no. 386

Dear Editor, Sandy Thorne seems to think Donald Trump can restore America to prosperity and its past greatness (Letters, October 2016). All great nations rise, decline, and fall ...

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The Making of Donald Trump by David Cay Johnston

by David Smith •

October 2016, no. 385

David Smith reviews 'The Making of Donald Trump' by David Cay Johnston

This is an angry book. David Cay Johnston has been doing investigative reporting on Donald Trump's business practices for nearly three decades, and this book is a compilation of ...

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