What is one to think of a book whose closing line is a quote from John Dowd, who resigned as President Trump’s lawyer in March 2018, that states “the president is a fucking liar.” The book in question is FEAR: TRUMP IN THE WHITE HOUSE by Bob Woodward, and like his other books it is based on his own reporting, extensive interviewing, gathering information directly and indirectly from other publications and news accounts. Woodward’s narrative covers the Trump presidential campaign through the resignation of Dowd, and presents, perhaps the most dysfunctional White House in American history.
Recently, the public has been bombarded with books dealing with the rise of the Trump presidency. What sets Woodward’s monograph apart is the author’s reputation and history of access to sources that others do not employ. The book presents an administration that Trump’s Chief of Staff, John Kelly describes as “crazy town,” and the…
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