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Thank you for your servitude : Donald Trump's Washington and the price of submission / Mark Leibovich.

Leibovich, Mark, (author.).

Summary:

In the early months of Trump's candidacy, the Republican Party's most important figures, people such as Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham, were united - and loud - in their scorn and contempt. Even more, in their outrage: Trump was a menace and an affront to our democracy. Then, awkwardly, Trump won. Here is Mark Leibovich's unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party, tracking the transformation of Rubio, Cruz, Graham and their ilk into the administration's chief enablers, and the swamp's lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift. What would these politicos do to preserve their place in the sun, or at least in the orbit of the spray tan? What would they do to preserve their "relevance"? Almost anything, it turns out. Trump's savage bullying of everyone in his circle, along with his singular command of his political base, created a dangerous culture of submission in the Republican party. Meanwhile, many of the most alpha of the lapdogs happily conceded to Mark Leibovich that they were "in on the joke." As Lindsey Graham told the author, his supporters in South Carolina generally don't read The New York Times, and they won't read this book, either. All that cynicism, shading to nihilism, led to a country truly unhinged from reality - and to the events of January 6, 2021. It's a vista that makes the Washington of This Town seem like a comedy of manners in comparison. This book isn't another view from the Oval Office: it's the view from the Trump hotel. We can check out anytime we want, but only time will tell if we can ever leave.

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  • ISBN: 9780593296318
  • Physical Description: 339 pages ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2022.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-322) and index.
Subject: Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) > History > 21st century.
Trump, Donald, 1946- > Influence.
Conservatism > 21st century.
United States > Politics and government > 2017-2021.


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