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Thank you for your servitude : Donald Trump's Washington and the price of submission / Mark Leibovich.
"From the author of This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington's "swamp" into a gold-plated hot tub--and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593296318 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 339 pages ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2022.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Trump, Donald, 1946- > Influence. Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) > History > 21st century. United States > Politics and government > 2017-2021. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Personal narratives. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Cookstown Branch | 324.2734 Lei | 31681010284842 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washingtonâs âswampâ into a gold-plated hot tubâand a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult.
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In the early months of Trumpâs candidacy, the Republican Partyâs most important figures, people such as Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham, were unitedâand loudâin their scorn and contempt. Even more, in their outrage: Trump was a menace and an affront to our democracy. Then, awkwardly, Trump won.
Thank You for Your Servitude is Mark Leibovichâs unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party, tracking the transformation of Rubio, Cruz, Graham, and their ilk into the administrationâs chief enablers, and the swampâs lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift. What would these politicos do to preserve their place in the sun, or at least the orbit of the spray tan? What would they do to preserve their ârelevanceâ? Almost anything, it turns out. Trumpâs 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 âin on the joke.â As Lindsey Graham told the author, his supporters in South Carolina generally donât read The New York Times, and they wonât read this book, either. All that cynicism, shading into nihilism, led to a country truly unhinged from reality, and to the events of January 6, 2021. Itâs a vista that makes the Washington of This Town seem like a comedy of manners in comparison.Â
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Thank You for Your Servitude isnât another view from the Oval Office: itâs the view from the Trump Hotel. We can check out any time we want, but only time will tell if we can ever leave.
