Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story
By Joy-Ann Reid
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
MSNBC'S Joy-Ann Reid calculates the true price of the Trump presidency and charts the road to Congress's impeachment investigation
"The host of AM Joy on MSNBC argues that President Trump’s administration is characterized by grift and venality that demeans the office and diminishes America.” —New York Times Book Review
Is Donald Trump running the “longest con” in U.S. history? How did we get here? What will be left of America when he leaves office?
Candidate Trump sold Americans a vision that was seemingly at odds with their country’s founding principles. Now in office, he’s put up a “for sale” sign—on the prestige of the presidency, on America’s global stature, and on our national identity. At what cost have these deals come? Joy-Ann Reid's essential new book, The Man Who Sold America, delivers an urgent accounting of our national crisis from one of our foremost political commentators.
Three years ago, Donald Trump pitched millions of voters on the idea that their country was broken, and that the rest of the world was playing us “for suckers.” All we needed to fix this was Donald Trump, who rebranded prejudice as patriotism, presented diversity as our weakness, and promised that money really could make the world go ’round.
Trump made the sale to enough Americans in three key swing states to win the Electoral College. As president, Trump’s raft of self-dealing, scandal, and corruption has overwhelmed the national conversation. And with prosecutors bearing down on Trump and his family business, the web of criminality is circling closer to the Oval Office. All this while Trump seemingly makes his administration a pawn for the ultimate villain: an autocratic former KGB officer in Russia who found in the untutored and eager forty-fifth president the perfect “apprentice.”
What is the hidden impact of Trump, beyond the headlines? Through interviews with American and international thought leaders and in-depth analysis, Reid situates the Trump era within the context of modern history, examining the profound social changes that led us to this point.
Providing new context and depth to our understanding, The Man Who Sold America reveals the causes and consequences of the Trump presidency and contends with the future that awaits us.
Joy-Ann Reid
Joy-Ann Reid is the host of MSNBC’s The ReidOut. Her books include the New York Times bestseller The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story. Reid previously hosted the weekend MSNBC show AM Joy. The former managing editor of The Grio, Reid has had columns appearing in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Miami Herald, New York, and The Daily Beast. She lives in Maryland and Brooklyn.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Man Who Sold America:Trump and the Unraveling of The Americsn Storyby Joy-Ann Reid2019Image4.5/5.0A troubling, but necessary look at our country and democracy being run by a con who refuses to accept the reality of his intentional and deliberate assassination of our country's government. A man who has still is not brave enough or conscientious enough to admit his obvious racism, sexual obsessions and deviance and entitlement, his nativist and racist dictatorship, or the hateful xenophobia conditioning and division he flames and encourages every day. By attempting to normalize his prejudice and his alarming misconceptions of what corruption is, he has lead many onto a path that will never leave because he makes their hate and prejudice acceptable and normal.We need more people not afraid of a bully who threaten and encourage division, nationalism and entitlement.p.58. Trump convinced voters that a self -declared billionaire real estate tycoon was on their side. They didnt necessarily believe he could revive their towns, bythe would punish the people- the Mexicans and Chinese- that they blame for its decline.p.80. What's different about Republicans under Trump, said Tom Nichols, is that they are s party of negative aims rather than positive goals.p.185. He has certainly reminded us of our vulnerabilities- of the ways in which our unresolved racial tribalism and mutual suspicion can be easily roused and used against us...Racial resentment, xenophobia, and nativism fueled Trumps candidacy and allowed Russia through the doorway.p.230. The Republican party intended to ensure Trump remain in power, by whatever means necessary, so that his immunity from the reach of the federal law would continue.And my favorite....and why impeachment is necessary....p.255. That sense that everything about our society is unfair, and someone has to be blamed or made to pay is a breeding ground where fascism, nativism and racism can fester.This book is exactly how I feel about the deep seated corruption that is folding our government. When a person is driven by ego or saying it's on both sides is not only missing the point, they are leaving the future of a government to a man who wants to steal our freedom and civil liberties. Make Life Great Again. Vote for a person with enough leadership, heart and soul, intelligence and clear thinking to see through the con and the corruption and restore some vital, important values to our youth, and country. The children growing up today will be living in the world we leave them. It's important they are also given the chance, and choices, we had. Democracy is too important . People are too important. Diversity is too important. Make Life Great Again.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent recap of current low point in American social and political affairs, using research and anecdotes to bring into focus the historical and cultural roads that got us here. Also, there is great use of comic book mythology. Every current affairs book about politics needs to reference classic Captain America and Batman in 1980s Gotham.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Well-written, fast-paced description of the Age of Trump and its origins. Would have preferred more extensive notes, a bibliography and an index, but it's not written by an academic so I'm thankful that it does have some notes.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Just another nut job with TDS trying to spin a narrative that only exists in their head.
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