These are not biographical books in any sense. They are more in the vein of Rudy Giuliani’s Leadership. Here we have campaign managers, an adviser and a press secretary who worked with Donald Trump, each author giving some insight into Trump and his presidency, but mostly, each author taking the opportunity to have their say regarding what they did during the Trump presidency.
Understanding Trump by Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich gives a thoughtful analysis of the political and historical landscape that accounted for the tremendous appeal and success of Donald Trump. Gingrich is a Trump supporter and a very clever guy himself.
Let
Trump Be Trump
by Corey Lewandoski and David Bossie
The campaign managers give a tell-all-style account
of what it was like to work with Trump, how he thought and how he conducted the
business of getting elected to the presidency. Good reading.
The
Briefing
by Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer’s book was the most tentative in its treatment
of Donald Trump. It was also the most self-referential book. Spicer seems a sincere and accomplished guy,
but he’s a company man and too much a part of the establishment swamp to have
anything insightful to offer about Donald Trump.
In the depressing aftermath of the 2020 election, I
was looking for something, anything, to read about Trump that was neither
mainstream media schlock nor highbrow intellectual elitism, both of which slam
Trump as too boorish and stupid to be President. These books skimmed the surface
but they all clearly conveyed that Trump is intelligent, high-energy and entrepreneurial. He is always
thinking outside the box. He's an arrant maverick in a place like Washington D.C.
and a force to be reckoned with. He's a special threat to any and all career politicians, bureaucrats and stick-in-the-muds.
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