After reading, it still baffles me as to how such and inept person could have and still has such influence on this Country.
Trump has absolutely no qualifications to have held the office of President. Why people still support him is another mystery to me.

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This is Woodward's second book about Trump. I haven't read the first one yet or the most recent one. This was a pretty good read. Rather surprised that Trump gave Woodward so much access considering that Trump expected the book would not be a flattering portrait. The book also underscored how Trump would thrown anyone under the bus if he/she wasn't willing to kowtow to Trump's every whim. Tillerson, Mattis, and many others were his victims.

I don't know that the book provided much that was new since a lot of the info was already public knowledge--Trump firing staff via tweets, badmouthing staff through tweets, etc.

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I read this shortly after receiving it, and forgot to write a review at that time. Therefore, I don't remember details as much as I'd like.

Woodward interviewed Trump many times for this book, and he presents many of those conversations verbatim. It gives us insight into how Trump was thinking and how he saw himself. Trump is not given to introspection. I suspect, though, that somewhere inside he knows he is a fuckup. That knowledge is buried deep under layers of self-talk about how great he is, so it's unlikely he is conscious of those deep inner thoughts.

I found it interesting, highly readable, and revealing.

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