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First trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
xv, 366 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-353) and index. |
| Summary |
"A line-up of the dirty dealers and defenders of the indefensible who are definitely not "making America great again." Donald Trump has assembled a rogue's gallery of alt-right hatemongers, crony capitalists, immigrant bashers, and climate-change deniers to run the American government. To survive the next four years, we the people need to know whose hands are on the levers of power. And we need to know how to challenge their abuses. John Nichols, veteran political correspondent at the Nation, has been covering many of these deplorables for decades. Sticking to the hard facts and unafraid to dig deep into the histories and ideologies of the people who make up Trump's inner circle, Nichols delivers a clear-eyed and complete guide to this wrecking-crew administration"--Amazon.com. |
| Contents |
Betsy DeVos and the malice domestic: an introduction to the Trumpocalypse -- Part 1. Wicked messengers -- The investors: Robert and Rebekah Mercer -- The Jacksonian Democrat: Stephen Bannon, White House Senior Strategist--ousted August 2017 -- The spinster: Kellyanne Conway, White House Counselor -- He who will not be questioned: Stephen Miller, Senior Advisor to the President -- The Jihad-whisperer with the anti-semitism badge: Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant to the President--ousted August 2017 -- The leopard that did not change his spots: Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III, Attorney General of the United States -- The lawman who forgot which side he was on: Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General -- "The King of voter suppression": Kris Kobach, Vice Chair of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity -- Part 2. Generals and CEOs searching for monsters to destroy -- The "Mad Dog": General James Mattis (ret.), Secretary of Defense -- The Deputy Secretary for Boeing: Patrick Shanahan, Deputy Secretary of Defense Designee -- Director of the Office of the military-industrial complex: Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget -- The absolutist: Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster, National Security Advisor -- The Koch brother: Mike Pompeo, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency -- The U.S. Ambassador to the American anti-choice movement: Nikki Haley, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations -- "Part and parcel of an organized army of hatred": David Friedman, U.S. Ambassador to Israel -- With the Russians, too?: Wilbur Ross, Secretary of Commerce -- The fossil-fuel-powered dollar diplomat: Rex Tillerson, Secretary of State -- Part 3. The hacks -- Secretariat stumbling: Reince Priebus, Which House Chief of Staff--ousted July 2017 -- Spicerfacts: Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary--resigned July 2017 -- The Trumplican: Omarosa Manigault, Assistant to the President -- The hypocrite who made his Party of Lincoln the Party of Trump: Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader -- Party boy: Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House -- Complicit: Ivanka Trump, First Daughter, and Jared Kushner, First Son-in-law -- The Secretary of Trump Is Always Right: John Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security -- The captain of the wrecking crew: Alexander Acosta, Labor Secretary -- Putt-head: Andrew Giuliani, Associate Director for the Office of Public Liaison -- The product of a judicial coup: Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court -- Donald Trump's very own Milhous: Mike Pence, Vice President of the United States -- Part 4. Privateers -- "I've got a bridge to sell you": Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation -- The kingfish of the quagmire: Tom Price, Secretary of Health and Human Services -- The health care profiteer: Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services -- The investor who got a high return: Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education -- Mr. Secrets and lies: Scott Pruitt, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator -- Pristine wilderness for sale, lease, or hire: Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior -- Mars Incorporated: Newt Gingrich and Robert Walker, Trump space advisors -- The secretary of gentrification: Dr. Ben Carson, Secretary of House and Urban Development -- The oopsing of nuclear waste disposal: Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy -- The secretary of corporate agribusiness: Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture -- The weed whacker: Ajit Pai, Federal Communications Commission Chairman -- The foreclosure king: Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury -- The fox guarding the henhouse: Jay Clayton, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission -- Swimming in the government Sachs Swamp: Gary Cohn, Director of the National Economic Council -- Afterword: Averting the Trumpocalypse. |
| Summary |
Donald Trump has assembled a rogue's gallery of alt-right hatemongers, crony capitalists, immigrant bashers, and climate-change deniers to run the American government. To survive the next four years, we the people need to know whose hands are on the levers of power-- and how to challenge their abuses. Nichols has been covering many of these deplorables for decades, and now he digs deep into the histories and ideologies of the people who make up Trump's inner circle. |
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Trump, Donald, 1946-
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Trump, Donald, 1946- (OCoLC)fst00174117
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017 -- Miscellanea.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch.
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
2009-2017
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| Genre/Form |
Miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01423854
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| ISBN |
9781568587806 (paperback) |
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1568587805 (paperback) |
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