2024 the best president in the united states review

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER With unparalleled reporting, a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter chronicles the clash between a president and the officials of his own government who tried to stop him.

“A meticulously reported volume that clearly benefits from the author’s extraordinary access . . . [a] startling dissection of the Trump presidency.”—The New York Times

Donald Trump v. The United States tells the dramatic, high-stakes story of those who felt compelled to confront and try to contain the most powerful man in the world as he shredded norms and sought to expand his power. Michael S. Schmidt takes listeners inside the defining events of the presidency, chronicles them up close, and records the clash between an increasingly emboldened president and those around him, who find themselves trying to thwart the president they had pledged to serve, unsure whether he is acting in the interest of the country, his ego, his family business, or Russia. Through their eyes and ears, we observe an epic struggle.

Drawing on secret FBI and White House documents and confidential sources inside federal law enforcement and the West Wing, Donald Trump v. The United States is vital journalism from a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter that records the shocking reality of a presidency like no other. It is a riveting contemporary history and a lasting account of just how fragile and vulnerable the institutions of American democracy really are.

Reviewer: Patricia A. Gray
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Schmidt kept me engaged throughout
Review: In a tone that is as much conversational as reportorial, and in an engaging story-teller style, Michael Schmidt provides the reader with context, details, and the personal roles and perspectives of Jim Comey and Don McGahn in Donald Trump’s unprecedented election campaign and presidency. Trump’s naivete and ignorance of government is made abundantly clear, as is his narcissism, his reactionary decision making, and his reliance on others to do his bidding, however corrupt, unethical,or illegal it may be. This book did nothing to improve my opinion of Trump, but the insights into Comey’s and McGahn’s actions, their perceptions of the President, their views of the Constitution and lawful governance, and their personal agendas left me with a much clearer understanding of the roles they played and the decisions they made as the saga of the Russia investigation unfolded, as well as with decidedly strong opinions of their character.Schmidt proves his dogged determination as a journalist in getting the story, does so without arrogance, sometimes with humility, and with praise for those without whom he might not have succeeded. The book was easy to read, the events easy to follow, and it kept me engaged throughout, eager to learn of each new shoe to drop.

Reviewer: Asbury 5
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Informative
Review: This book was an easy read. Clearly follows the facts and lets the audience come away with their own opinion based on those facts.

Reviewer: LA
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Confirms What We Already Know With New Details
Review: Michael Schmidt’s book “Donald Trump v. The United States” is a commendable effort for a first book. It’s exquisite in some of its inside details, but frustrating for the way it’s written and presented. I wish a good copy editor had gone over it and made extensive revisions. Too many times it’s muddy and opaque and wandering due to amateurish writing, which is strange for a newspaperman, they usually write such clean text. And then there are other parts where he reveals how he gets the juicy, big stories, how hard that is and how good he is at it; or other places where he’s the proverbial fly on the wall in a critical meeting that changed history.His main sources are clearly Don McGahn and James Comey. The book follows their respective stories, mainly from the inside and with their personal perceptions of events as they unfolded. Schmidt offers us lots of details, maybe too many, and spends time dissecting certain documents or giving historical information which waste pages and add nothing extra. The author refers to James Comey as “Jim” half the time, and “Comey” the other half, and his wife as Patrice, and “Tiricey” in Comey’s direct quotes. Call an editor for re-write, please! There are many other sources revealed, but rarely by name, a “lawyer” here, someone who “worked with someone” there. Newspaper/Journalist rules, it has to be that way. But this serves to show what a good reporter Schmidt is.After reading this book, I am left with uncomfortable feelings, about the two main characters, and as well, about the mental stability of our President. McGahn takes inhuman abuse from Trump so that he can keep his job and direct the appointment of judges, including the two to the Supreme Court. It’s hard to respect him. His silence after his departure from the WH only increases that disrespect. And Comey’s breach of FBI policy concerning the Clinton investigation is far worse in retrospect, considering its effect on the 2016 presidential election. Schmidt confirms what the other books have shown: that the Trump WH is not only chaotic, but a health hazard to anyone working there, and now to our nation and the wellbeing of our citizens. Schmidt amply documents that there are no adults there to keep order and do the nation’s business.

Reviewer: Sherralynne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Brilliant read
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed the book and wish to congratulate the author and what it is to create. Thanks to brilliant research, this book will stand with pride in amongst several other books dedicated to the period where chaos remains. Thanks from a New Zealand fan

Reviewer: Bobby S.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: great book
Review: very informative,a nice easy read.

Reviewer: gammyjill
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent expose...
Review: Books written about the Trump presidency seem to fall into two categories. The first are books written by "insiders" in the family and administration and they are usually more personal and emotional than books written by those in the second group, historians and members of the press. This book, “Donald Trump vs The United States” by Michael Schmidt, is an excellent example of calm writing, without the emotional overlay of personal connection to the subject.Schmidt’s book gives the reader a look at the last 4 years, as the Donald Trump’s administration has unfolded and the details of children in cages, gross government miss handling of the Corona virus, and other examples of a government at on-going odds with its people have been exposed. The book is not filled with the hot exposes coming out by members of the first category, like those by, say, Michael Cohen and Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, but the book lays out in detail how Donald Trump and his enablers have changed our country for the worst. It’s a good book, particularly for our critical times.

Reviewer: Sheila
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Lots of information i had not known before and laid out in a coherent manner. Good read, hope to learn more going forward.

Reviewer: Yvonne Hart
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: A 2020 favourite.

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Another great book with tons of research. It's good that Don McGhan was able to both testify so much before the Mueller Commission and that he seems to have shared these with this author. However, I can't help but have some doubts about McGhan stemming from this book. He appears to be machiavellian and/or obsessed (i.e. filling vacant justice seats.