Legendary journalist Bob Woodward presents his inside view of the Trump White House. The view is unsettling but there is nothing really new here. Most of the "explosive" episodes had already been made public. No one tends to doubt the accuracy of Woodward's reporting. His record with his previous books is exemplary. The thing I wonder about is how he can report so many detailed word by word conversations. I do not understand how he can do this without paraphrasing.
"Real Power is---I don't even want to use the word---fear."
-Donald Trump
Mattis corrects Trump on saying that McCain took the coward's way out by taking advantage leaving North Korea as a POW early. P. 77
McMaster trashes Trump like he was a frat boy just getting by, doing as little as possible in college. P. 86-87
Trump's management style is to "play it by ear." P. 89
Failure is inevitable on the road to success. P. 93
The utter folly of a preemptive attack on North Korea. P. 95
Tweeting is the way he operates. So unpresidential. P. 104
Trump's outdated, 50/'s view of America. P. 137
Praise for the Syrian attack. P. 153
Out of sight, out of mind with Trump. P. 158
The Comey firing comment with Lester Holt. P. 164
Trump goes haywire learning of the appointment of Mueller. P. 166
Blind-sided by Sesssions's recusal. P. 168
Dowd could see that Trump was very lonely. P. 169
The key was to fathom Trump's intent. P. 173
Real power is fear. Deny, deny, deny. Never show weakness. P. 175
Unending hatred of Sessions for his disloyalty. P. 176
Ivanka and Jared freelancing in the West Wing. P. 190
The Trump tower meeting disclosed. P. 197
Twitter is his megaphone. P. 205
Belittling Sessions. P. 216
Trump doesn't understand the benefits of free trade. P. 218
This is what craziness is like Priebus decided. P. 225
By the time I was finished with this book I was tired of it, tired of reading about Trump. Enough is enough.
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