The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017 - 2021
by Peter Baker
View on GoodreadsFour years, told as one story, from the inauguration to January 6. Peter Baker and Susan Glasser draw on more than 300 interviews, Trump among them, and you watch a president grow more autocratic and admire strongmen while his own White House divides against itself and the country splits from its allies.
Core ideas
- The restrainers: Jim Mattis, H.R. McMaster and John Kelly each tried to rein in Trump's impulses before they left.
- Divided abroad: Dealings with NATO, North Korea, Iran and Russia pulled the US away from its traditional partners as Trump courted authoritarian leaders.
- Governing by screen: Through the Mueller investigation, two impeachments, the pandemic and the disputed 2020 election, Trump ran the presidency heavily through television and social media.
Published2022
Pages725
ISBN9780385546546
ReadOct 2022
