Confidence Man

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I just finished reading Maggie Haberman's biography of the 45th President. Here is what I posted on my Goodreads review:

There is really no need for me to review this book. You already know all about it (whether you've read it or not). It is either:
a hatchet job by a hack writer from the lamestream media with an axe to grind who focuses on the alleged "negatives" of the 45th President's life and Presidency in particular and barely, if ever mentions the achievements of his time in office in an effort to reinforce the lie that Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Or:
it is a scathing look at the life and Presidency of a dysfunctional narcissist who has lived his entire life looking at how any given choice would benefit himself personally and who posed and continues to pose an existential threat to democratic government and the Constitution itself.

Those who know me even a little can discern on which side I fall.

I will just simply cite two quotes from the book:
"Reflecting on the meaning of being President of the United States, [Trump's] first impulse was not to mention public service, or what he felt he'd accomplished, only that it appeared to be a vehicle for fame, and that many experiences were only worth having if someone else envied them." (p. 497)

"[Cassidy Hutchinson's] testimony...had painted a familiar portrait of Trump, one that dozens of people who worked for his company,political campaigns, and government tried masking for over four decades: a narcissistic drama-seeker who covered a fragile ego with a bullying impulse and, this time, took American democracy to the brink." (p. 506)

On a side note, my wife looked at the picture of Trump on the front cover and asked, "Why are you reading a book about John Boy Walton?" and it is impossible to unsee it now.