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Trumpocracy
- The Corruption of the American Republic
- Narrated by: David Frum, James Anderson Foster
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
Best-selling author, former White House speechwriter, and Atlantic columnist and media commentator David Frum explains why President Trump has undermined our most important institutions in ways even the most critical media has missed, in this thoughtful and hard-hitting book that is a warning for democracy and America's future.
"From Russia to South Africa, from Turkey to the Philippines, from Venezuela to Hungary, authoritarian leaders have smashed restraints on their power. Media freedom and judicial independence have eroded. The right to vote remains, but the right to have one's vote counted fairly may not. Until the US presidential election of 2016, the global decline of democracy seemed a concern for other peoples in other lands.... That complacent optimism has been upended by the political rise of Donald Trump. The crisis is upon Americans, here and now."
Quietly, steadily, Trump and his administration are damaging the tenets and accepted practices of American democracy, perhaps irrevocably. As he and his family enrich themselves, the presidency itself falls into the hands of the generals and financiers who surround him.
While much of the country has been focused on Russia, David Frum has been collecting the lies, obfuscations, and flagrant disregard for the traditional limits placed on the office of the presidency. In Trumpocracy, he documents how Trump and his administration are steadily damaging the tenets and accepted practices of American democracy. During his own White House tenure as George W. Bush's speechwriter, Frum witnessed the ways the presidency is limited not by law but by tradition, propriety, and public outcry, all now weakened. Whether the Trump presidency lasts two, four, or eight more years, he has changed the nature of the office for the worse, and likely for decades.
In this powerful and eye-opening book, Frum makes clear that the hard work of recovery starts at home. Trumpocracy outlines how Trump could push America toward illiberalism, what the consequences could be for our nation and our everyday lives, and what we can do to prevent it.
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- Ola Agbaimoni
- 20-07-18
Must read for every citizen
Excellent analysis. A real eye opener into the social mindset that enables Donald Trump despite his lying cheating sand corruption. I wish more people would take the time to examine what is actually happening rather than relying on the alternative facts now presented as truth.
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- Paul Muers
- 14-06-18
P45 warts and all
18 months into the Trump era/error this is no longer causing any shock. How an otherwise sensible nation can take this oaf to their heart is still a mystery!
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- Anthony
- 14-07-18
Interesting but needs updated edition
An interesting and informative book, well researched, but already out of date given he pace of #Trumpocracy disruption. The author makes no secret of his views of Trump as a self-interested corrupt narcissist but who is nevertheless the leader of the world's most powerful country.
David Frum explores the challenge to liberal democracies that result from the election of Trump and similar other leaders. Their insidious, and often direct, attacks on democratic institutions and moral values, are well presented and convincingly argued.
The book, however, is already somewhat out-of-date given the pace of Trump's ongoing efforts to disrupt and unsettle (or perhaps dismember) USA governance structures, institutions, and public policy programs.
Excellent but a next edition is already required, and probably edition 3 by the end of 2019 too...
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- Mrs B.
- 11-08-18
A triumph
Beautifully written. Beautifully read. Thought-provoking. I'm on the left but admire and respect this writer's analysis. Worth reading.
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- Max
- 01-07-18
Insightful book
Insightful book, admirably non-partisan.
The reader doesn’t always make it clear when he’s quoting, otherwise well read.
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- TominCumbria
- 10-07-18
A story that needs telling, just not by this guy.
The information within this story makes compelling and disturbing listening, but the guy telling the story still hasn't smelled the coffee; the lionising of George W, the rejection of Sanders and the yearning for what was, are misguided.
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