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This extraordinary book provided an in-depth look at the Trump presidency, featuring over 650 pages and 300 original interviews. It served as both a history of the administration and a dire warning about potential future threats to democracy.
Susan Glasser and Peter Baker's new book, The Divider is an extraordinary 650-plus page look at the Trump presidency and includes 300 original interviews.
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Episode: Susan Glasser & Peter Baker: A History and a Warni...
This extraordinary book provided an in-depth look at the Trump presidency, featuring over 650 pages and 300 original interviews. It served as both a history of the administration and a dire warning about potential future threats to democracy.
Susan Glasser and Peter Baker's new book, The Divider is an extraordinary 650-plus page look at the Trump presidency and includes 300 original interviews.
And it's just loaded with dazzling details and anecdotes, but it's not just a history. It's a pretty dire warning about what could lie ahead.
The thrust of this is that the January 6th eruption explosion is not a one off, is not an aberration. It's really the ultimate culmination of four years of war on the institutions of American government, right?
But it also told you a lot about Trump and his lack of understanding of the politics of the Middle East and the history and culture of the Middle East and why this would, in fact, give King Abdullah a heart attack.
The book is The Divider Trump and the White House 2017 2021 Susan Glasser staff writer at the New Yorker Peter Baker Chief White House correspondent for The New York Times.