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I Alone Can Fix It Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year

Carol Leonnig

The instant #1 The true story of what took place in Donald Trump’s White House during a disastrous 2020 has never before been told in full. What was really going on around the president, as the government failed to contain the coronavirus and over half a million Americans perished? Who was influenc...

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The book, authored by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, focused on the Secret Service and helped establish the understanding of Tony Ornato and Robert Engel as being Trump's 'yes men'.

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Carol Lennon of The Washington Post, who wrote a book both on the Secret Service and helped Phil Rucker write a book on Trump, has noted that Ornato and Engel were both known as Trump yes men.

— Episode: "A Very Special Episode of Insurrection....

Episode: "A Very Special Episode of Insurrection."

The book, authored by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, focused on the Secret Service and helped establish the understanding of Tony Ornato and Robert Engel as being Trump's 'yes men'.

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Carol Lennon of The Washington Post, who wrote a book both on the Secret Service and helped Phil Rucker write a book on Trump, has noted that Ornato and Engel were both known as Trump yes men.

Episode: “deja coup.”

It was discussed and excerpts were read from the book, which detailed the fears of General Milley regarding a potential coup attempt by Donald Trump after the 2020 election.

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Trump's attempt to steal the election his right stag moment and feared that the MAGA protests could be the, quote, modern American equivalent of brown shirts in the streets.

They may try, but they're not going to fucking succeed. You can't do this without the military. You can't do this without the CIA and the FBI. We're the guys with guns.

I'm not into coups...elections are my coup...if I was going to do a coup, I wouldn't do it with General Milley. He sucks.

Episode: “deja coup.”

It was discussed that the book revealed General Milley's worries that Trump might attempt a coup, and that he called Trump's actions a 'right stag moment'.

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They may try, but they're not going to fucking succeed. You can't do this without the military. You can't do this without the CIA and the FBI. We're the guys with guns.

Apparently, General Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, was so worried that Trump might attempt a coup that all the joint chiefs discussed a plan to resign.

Milley called Trump's attempt to steal the election his right stag moment and feared that the MAGA protests could be the, quote, modern American equivalent of brown shirts in the streets.

I'm not into coups...elections are my coup...if I was going to do a coup, I wouldn't do it with General Milley. He sucks.

The Megyn Kelly Show

It was mentioned that this book reported that General Milley referred to Trump supporters as 'brown shirts in the streets' and called them Nazis.

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He is reported by Carol Lenning and Philip Rucker of The Washington Post in their book, 'I Alone Can Fix It'. He said President Trump was preaching the gospel of the Fhrer in his rhetoric about the il...

— Episode: Tulsi Gabbard on the Afghanistan Withdra...

Episode: Tulsi Gabbard on the Afghanistan Withdrawal Hearin...

It was mentioned that this book reported that General Milley referred to Trump supporters as 'brown shirts in the streets' and called them Nazis.

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He is reported by Carol Lenning and Philip Rucker of The Washington Post in their book, 'I Alone Can Fix It'. He said President Trump was preaching the gospel of the Fhrer in his rhetoric about the illegitimacy of the 2020 election that he Milley feared a Reichstag moment in the period immediately prior to the Capitol riot.

Episode: Tulsi Gabbard on the Afghanistan Withdrawal Hearin...

It was mentioned that the book contained reporting that Milley said President Trump's rhetoric was similar to that of Hitler and that he was concerned about a potential coup attempt.

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President Trump was preaching the gospel of the Fhrer in his rhetoric about the illegitimacy of the 2020 election

brown shirts in the streets

these guys are Nazis. They're proud boys. These are the same people we fought in World War Two

Behind the Bastards

The podcast hosts discussed the book "I Alone Can Fix It", which included quotes from General Mike Miley comparing Trump to Hitler, saying "Yeah, this is a Reichstag moment." They were surprised that Miley was willing to make such a strong statement.

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There's a book called I Alone Can Fix It, which a couple of journalists are coming out with and there's some interesting quotes from it from specifically General Mike Miley, who's like the chairman of...

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 95

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 95

The podcast hosts discussed the book "I Alone Can Fix It", which included quotes from General Mike Miley comparing Trump to Hitler, saying "Yeah, this is a Reichstag moment." They were surprised that Miley was willing to make such a strong statement.

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There's a book called I Alone Can Fix It, which a couple of journalists are coming out with and there's some interesting quotes from it from specifically General Mike Miley, who's like the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who was appointed by Trump.

Yeah, this is a Reichstag moment.

Pivot

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Pivot

This book, along with others, was referenced in the context of the January 6th investigation. It was noted that these books did not contain sufficient detail on Trump's actions that day.

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These books, you know, written by the, you know, these great reporters like Bender and and and Carol Anig and and Phil Rucker, they don't actually have that much on what Trump was actually doing

— Episode: Cuomo digs in, Chaos in the skies, and E...

Episode: Cuomo digs in, Chaos in the skies, and Evictions d...

This book, along with others, was referenced in the context of the January 6th investigation. It was noted that these books did not contain sufficient detail on Trump's actions that day.

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These books, you know, written by the, you know, these great reporters like Bender and and and Carol Anig and and Phil Rucker, they don't actually have that much on what Trump was actually doing

Episode: Hollywood on Blast, Vaccine Mandates, and Friends...

The book is a political expos detailing Donald Trump's final year as president, based on interviews with over 140 administration officials and advisors, including Trump himself at Mar-a-Lago. The authors discussed Trump's attempts at kingmaking and the limitations of his power within the Republican party.

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Trump certainly seemed to think of himself as a king maker. Is he one?

He said, I wanted what they wanted.

It was the show of force that he wanted to try to intimidate lawmakers.

Everything about that visit told me he's created a Brigadoon, he's created a special exile where reality doesn't have to really pierce it.

He thought he could win us over.

Morning Joe

It was mentioned that Donald Trump claimed everything written in this book was a lie, in context of Mark Meadows's book, and the fact that Meadows's actions and statements seemed to contradict the content of his book.

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Funny, after Donald Trump said that everything that he wrote in his book was a lie, he said, yeah, it's a lie. Don't own the libs, own yourself.

— Episode: Morning Joe 10/25/23

Episode: Morning Joe 10/25/23

It was mentioned that Donald Trump claimed everything written in this book was a lie, in context of Mark Meadows's book, and the fact that Meadows's actions and statements seemed to contradict the content of his book.

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Funny, after Donald Trump said that everything that he wrote in his book was a lie, he said, yeah, it's a lie. Don't own the libs, own yourself.

American History Tellers

It was mentioned as Carol Lennig's most recent book, co-authored with Philip Rucker, which focused on Donald Trump's final year as president.

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Her most recent book with co-author Philip Rucker is I Alone Can Fix It, Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year.

— Episode: Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Pr...

Episode: Encore: Presidential Assassinations | Protecting P...

It was mentioned as Carol Lennig's most recent book, co-authored with Philip Rucker, which focused on Donald Trump's final year as president.

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Her most recent book with co-author Philip Rucker is I Alone Can Fix It, Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year.

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