Blowback A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump
by Miles Taylor
View on GoodreadsIn Miles Taylor's telling, the first Trump term's unfinished agendas show where a second one could go. The former DHS chief of staff, who wrote as Anonymous before revealing his name, builds that picture from conversations with dozens of former Trump officials and government insiders, and he's candid about what years of anonymity cost him.
Core ideas
- Where it could go: Executive-power overreach, vulnerabilities in the intelligence agencies, internal conflicts and security threats are the themes he follows into a possible second term.
- The cost of hiding: Keeping his identity secret damaged his integrity, he writes, and contributed to struggles including alcoholism.
- Transparency first: His answer to the threat is transparency, which he argues is democracy's essential safeguard.
Published2023
Pages343
ISBN9781668016008
ReadSep 2023
