Confidence man: the making of Donald Trump and the breaking of America
Maggie Haberman
- Resource Type:
- E-Book
- Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2022
- Copyright:
- ©2022
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- Summary:
- "From the Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has defined Donald J. Trump's presidency like no other journalist: a magnificent and disturbing reckoning that moves beyond simplistic caricature, chronicling his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency and his potential comeback. Few journalists working today have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie Haberman. And few understand him and his motivations better. Now, demonstrating her majestic command of this story, Haberman reveals in full the depth of her understanding of the 45th president himself, and of what the Trump phenomenon means. Interviews with hundreds of sources and numerous interviews over the years with Trump himself portray a complicated and often contradictory historical figure. Capable of kindness but relying on casual cruelty as it suits his purposes. Pugnacious. Insecure. Lonely. Vindictive. Menacing. Smarter than his critics contend and colder and more calculating than his allies believe. A man who embedded himself in popular culture, galvanizing support for a run for high office that he began preliminary spadework for 30 years ago, to ultimately become a president who pushed American democracy to the brink. The through-line of Trump's life and his presidency is the enduring question of what is in it for him or what he needs to say to survive short increments of time in the pursuit of his own interests. Confidence Man is also, inevitably, about the world that produced such a singular character, giving rise to his career and becoming his first stage. It is also about a series of relentlessly transactional relationships. The ones that shaped him most were with girlfriends and wives, with Roy Cohn, with George Steinbrenner, with Mike Tyson and Don King and Roger Stone, with city and state politicians like Robert Morgenthau and Rudy Giuliani, with business partners, with prosecutors, with the media, and with the employees who toiled inside what they commonly called amongst themselves the "Trump Disorganization." That world informed the one that Trump tried to recreate while in the White House. All of Trump's behavior as President had echoes in what came before. In this revelatory and newsmaking book, Haberman brings together the events of his life into a single mesmerizing work. It is the definitive account of one of the most norms-shattering and consequential eras in American political history"-- [Provided by publisher]
All of Trump's behavior as President had echoes in what came before. He is capable of kindness but relies on casual cruelty as it suits his purposes. Pugnacious. Insecure. Lonely. Vindictive. Menacing. Smarter than his critics contend and colder and more calculating than his allies believe. A man who embedded himself in popular culture, galvanizing support for a run for high office that he began preliminary spadework for 30 years ago, to ultimately become a president who pushed American democracy to the brink. Haberman shows that Trump's life and his presidency are built around what is in it for him or what he needs to say to survive short increments of time in the pursuit of his own interests. -- adapted from publisher info - Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Power of Negative Thinking
- ch. 2 Welcome to Fear City
- ch. 3 Fifth Avenue Frieze-Out
- ch. 4 Blind to the Beautiful Mosaic
- ch. 5 On the Way Up
- ch. 6 On the Way Down
- ch. 7 Nice and Complicated
- ch. 8 America We Deserve
- ch. 9 Asphalt Survivor
- ch. 10 HO Characters
- ch. 11 Rising on a Lie
- ch. 12 Make or Break
- ch. 13 Many People Are Saying
- ch. 14 Stop the Steal
- ch. 15 Sci-Fi Campaign
- ch. 16 No One Smarter
- ch. 17 Why It's Presidential
- ch. 18 Out Like Flynn
- ch. 19 Executive Time
- ch. 20 In the Tank
- ch. 21 Greatest Showman
- ch. 22 Taking a Bullet
- ch. 23 Extreme Action
- ch. 24 Party Man
- ch. 25 Tougher Than the Rest
- ch. 26 One Strike and You're Out
- ch. 27 Acquitted
- ch. 28 Get Healthy America
- ch. 29 Divide and Conquer
- ch. 30 Tulsa
- ch. 31 Not One of the Diers
- ch. 32 Trial by Combat.
- Author/Creator:
- Haberman, Maggie , author
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
- Other Related Resources:
- Online version: Confidence man [by Haberman, M.] (New York : Penguin Press, 2022 — ISBN 9780593297353; LCCN 2022027211)
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Call Numbers:
- E913 .H33 2022eb
- ISBNs:
- 9780593297353 (electronic bk.)
0593297350 (electronic bk.)
9780593297346 [Invalid]
0593297342 [Invalid]
9780593653005 [Invalid]
0593653009 [Invalid] - OCLC Numbers:
- 1332885823
- Other Control Numbers:
- 3173398 (source: EbpS)
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