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I've enjoyed this author's previous works of investigative reporting and thought this might be the smart choice in the pile of Trump books, but I was disappointed. True, Trump is even worse than I thought, but so what? I already thought he was a shameless crook. It's not like we get to vote on a scale of 1-10. Maybe we ought to, but we don't.
Johnston's conclusion is that Trump is the symptom, not the disease. I agree, but then what we need is a book about the disease, i.e. what made millions of ...more
Johnston's conclusion is that Trump is the symptom, not the disease. I agree, but then what we need is a book about the disease, i.e. what made millions of ...more

David Cay Johnston has spent a lot of the past 30 years following our 45th president. He is not impressed. This is not his first book about the man. It may be the longest. For my blood pressure I should really stop listening or reading books about that man.

Nov 27, 2017
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