Donald Trump writes in a new book set to be published next week that Mark Zuckerberg plotted against him during the 2020 election and said the Meta chief executive would “spend the rest of his life in prison” if he did it again, Politico reports.
H.R. McMaster Rips Trump White House
“Until now, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster has held his fire about his stint in the Trump White House. McMaster served with distinction in key American conflicts of the past decades: the Gulf War, the Iraq War and the war in Afghanistan, but as McMaster recounts in his new book, At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House, in some ways, his most challenging tour as a soldier was his last one: serving as the national security adviser to a notoriously mercurial president,” CNN reports.
“In his blistering, insightful account of his time in the Trump White House, McMaster describes meetings in the Oval Office as ‘exercises in competitive sycophancy’ during which Trump’s advisers would flatter the president by saying stuff like, ‘Your instincts are always right’ or, ‘No one has ever been treated so badly by the press.’”
“Meanwhile, Trump would say ‘outlandish’ things like, ‘Why don’t we just bomb the drugs?’ in Mexico or, ‘Why don’t we take out the whole North Korean Army during one of their parades?'”
Trump Disputes Report that Queen Found Him ‘Very Rude’
Donald Trump told the Daily Mail that claims in a new biography of Queen Elizabeth II that she found him “very rude” were the work of a “sleazebag” with a book to sell.
Trump said they had spent hours together and had warmed to each other during their meetings.
He added: “I heard I was her favorite president.”
JD Vance Quietly Scored an $8 Million Book Deal
Sources tell Variety that back in 2017, Sen. J.D. Vance negotiated an $8 million deal for him to write a follow-up to Hillbilly Elegy.
Ex-Adviser Says Putin Played on Trump’s Ego
Former Trump National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster writes in his new book, At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House that Russian President Vladimir Putin tantalized Trump by preying on his “ego and insecurities,” The Guardian reports.
Ex-Trump Aide Tells All
Out this month: At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House By H. R. McMaster.
Said McMaster to CBS News: “I got used up essentially in the service of Donald Trump. I was at peace with that. And I was not going to try to keep my job by telling the president what he wanted to hear.”
He added: “I describe the environment as an environment of competitive sycophancy… The president wanted advice; he also wanted flattery. He really likes the adulation. In many ways he’s kind of addicted to adulation from his political base, from people around him.”
At War with Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- McMaster, H. R. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 348 Pages - 08/27/2024 (Publication Date) - Harper (Publisher)
Polarized by Degrees
Out next month: Polarized by Degrees: How the Diploma Divide and the Culture War Transformed American Politics by Matt Grossmann and David A. Hopkins.
A comprehensive portrait of the education divide between the parties that now engulfs American institutions and fuels the culture war.
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Polarized by Degrees: How the Diploma Divide and the Culture War Transformed American Politics
- Hardcover Book
- Grossmann, Matt (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 398 Pages - 09/05/2024 (Publication Date) - Cambridge University Press (Publisher)
Bob Woodward’s New Book Out This Fall
“Bob Woodward will be out Oct. 15 with War, telling the ‘behind-the-scenes story of three wars: Ukraine, the Middle East, and the struggle for the American Presidency,'” Axios reports.
“It was widely known in Washington that Woodward was working on a pre-election book, but details were secret. White House officials spotted the 81-year-old icon strolling into the West Wing, and wondered what he was up to. Now they know.”
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War
- Hardcover Book
- Woodward, Bob (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 448 Pages - 10/15/2024 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster (Publisher)
Book Delayed After Project 2025 Firestorm
“Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, will delay publication of his forthcoming book in the wake of a media firestorm sparked by Democratic criticism of the Heritage-led initiative Project 2025,” RealClearPolitics reports.
“Notably, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a friend of Roberts and the Republican nominee for vice president, wrote the foreword of that book entitled Dawn’s Early Light.”
The Woman Who Engineered Donald Trump’s Return
Vanity Fair runs an excerpt from Trump in Exile by Meridith McGraw.
“It was because she was a successful person in her own right that Wiles was of particular value to Trump. She didn’t need him the way that so many in his orbit did — often desperately. And because she wasn’t a sycophant, she seemed to understand him with a rare clarity, as the strange and complicated human he was.”
“Unlike so many others around Trump, she wasn’t afraid to tell him bracing truths that he didn’t want to hear.”
Trump in Exile
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- McGraw, Meridith (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 326 Pages - 08/06/2024 (Publication Date) - Random House (Publisher)
Autocracy, Inc.
Just published: Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum.
“We think we know what an autocratic state looks like: There is an all-powerful leader at the top. He controls the police. The police threaten the people with violence. There are evil collaborators, and maybe some brave dissidents.”
“But in the 21st century, that bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are underpinned not by one dictator, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, surveillance technologies, and professional propagandists, all of which operate across multiple regimes, from China to Russia to Iran.”
Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Applebaum, Anne (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 210 Pages - 07/23/2024 (Publication Date) - Doubleday (Publisher)
Quote of the Day
“In my family that sometimes seems like the cast of a 1950s sitcom, my uncle Donald had a role of his own. He was the obnoxious one.”
— Fred Trump III, quoted by The Guardian, in his new book, All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way.
Antidemocratic
Out soon: Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right’s 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections by David Daley.
A deep dive into GOP efforts to hijack voting rights in America and its profound implications for the 2024 election.
Antidemocratic: Inside the Far Right's 50-Year Plot to Control American Elections
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Daley, David (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 427 Pages - 08/06/2024 (Publication Date) - Mariner Books (Publisher)
J.D. Vance’s Book Is a Bestseller Again
“Former President Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate has led to a surge in sales for Hillbilly Elegy, his best-selling memoir that came out in 2016,” the AP reports.
“A spokesperson for HarperCollins told The Associated Press that more than 650,000 copies have been sold since Trump’s announcement on July 15. The total includes physical books, audio books and e-books.”
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Vance, J. D. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 274 Pages - 05/01/2018 (Publication Date) - Harper Paperbacks (Publisher)
Bonus Quote of the Day
“It’s one of those books that I own but haven’t read, just to be honest.”
— Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, quoted by the New York Times, on J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy.
Trump Puts Fist-Pump Photo on New Book Cover
“The instantly iconic photo from Donald Trump’s assassination attempt 12 days ago was a late swap as the cover of the former president’s new book — Save America, out Sept. 3,” Axios reports.
“The photo book, which sells for $99, will be the former president’s third since leaving office in 2021.”
Melania Trump to Tell Her Story in Memoir
Former first lady Melania Trump has a memoir coming out this fall, “Melania,” billed by her office as “a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path, overcome adversity and defined personal excellence,” the AP reports.
It’s the first memoir by Trump, who has been mostly absent as her husband, former President Donald Trump, seeks to return to the White House.
It’s not clear if the book is coming out before the election.
Trump Said Some Disabled People ‘Should Just Die’
The New York Times reviews All in the Family by Fred Trump, the nephew of the former president.
“Fred Trump’s son was born with a rare medical condition that led to developmental and intellectual disabilities. His care had been paid for in part with help from the family. After Mr. Trump was elected, Fred Trump wanted to use his connection to the White House for good. With the help of Ivanka Trump, his cousin, and Ben Carson, at the time the housing and urban development secretary, he was able to convene a group of advocates for a meeting with his uncle…”
“After the meeting, Fred Trump claims, his uncle pulled him aside and said, ‘maybe those kinds of people should just die,’ given ‘the shape they’re in, all the expenses.'”
“The remark wasn’t a one-off, according to Fred Trump. A couple of years later, when he called his uncle for help because the medical fund that paid for his son’s care was running out of money, Fred Trump claims his uncle said: ‘I don’t know. He doesn’t recognize you. Maybe you should just let him die and move down to Florida.'”
All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Trump III, Fred C. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 351 Pages - 07/30/2024 (Publication Date) - Gallery Books (Publisher)
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