Carl,
I read this book. It made quite a stir. Very gossipy.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: book review - Richard Wolfe - Fire and Fury
Bonnie,
The name Richard Wolf caught my eye and I saved your post so I could check and
see if the book were on BARD. Then I discovered it was not Richard D. Wolff,
the economist and professor. But I'll tuck it in along with books on Richard
Nixon, Ronald Reagan Herbert Hoover, Barry Goldwater, and other books I may
never get around to.
.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/2/18, Bonnie L. Sherrell <blslarner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
_Fire and Fury_
Richard Wolfe
Gossip writer Richard Wolfe had heard that Donald Trump was markedly
susceptible to praise offered early in a relationship with him, so he
used this coin extravagantly early on, commented on how much he'd love
to write a book on what would undoubtedly be Trump's triumphant first
hundred days in office, and found himself in like Flynn. He was
allowed to come and go through the White House basically as he
pleased, and was able to talk with everyone in Trump's immediate
orbit, most of whom were all too willing to dish out the dirt on their
erratic boss and one another.
Trump's administration proved leaky to the press? What can one expect
when almost everyone high in the administration is purposely talking
to the media in hopes of embarrassing rivals and pumping up their own
importance? Among those most likely to be feeding the news outlets
were Jared Kushner and Ivanka, as first son-in-law and daughter, Steve
Bannon, and Donald Trump himself.
Trump
has always had an impossibly high opinion of his own importance, and
was furious that the mainstream media failed to recognize his
brilliance, more easily seeing and reporting on his mistakes and the
results of his poor judgment. So, he began labeling what they
reported as "fake news" while inexplicably courting outlets such as
CNN, MSNBC, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, attempting
desperately to get some word of praise from any of these news outlets.
If the book reads like backstairs gossip, well, that's exactly what it is.
Bannon especially found himself appreciating Wolfe's availability to
serve as a father confessor, and Wolfe found himself invited to the
various parties and functions Bannon enjoyed, thus being right there
to see the maneuvering and plots take shape.
It's definitely not a pretty picture of the Trump presidency, but then
Trump himself is not a particularly admirable guy. He'd never
imagined he'd win, so he wasn't anywhere near ready to make his
transition into the Oval Office.
His
personal intentions were to lose, start his own news channel called
Trump TV, and use it as a means of attacking everyone he felt was not
nice to him, and particularly for making Hillary Clinton's life as
miserable as possible.
This book isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it certainly gives one the
flavor of what it's like to be within Trump's White House and why it
is that it is as chaotic and disfunctional as it has proved. Had
anyone within Trump's administration actually read any other book
Wolfe has written, I'm certain he'd have never been allowed to set
foot inside the White House. But with Trump himself functionally
illiterate and everyone else too self-absorbed to pay attention, they
let the wolf inside the door and cannot bewail too strongly how they'd
apparently been taken in by him.
Available in every medium imaginable. I got the e-book formula and
read it on my NOOK.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large
"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the
very wise cannot see all ends." LOTR
"Don't go where I can't follow."
We gave the Goblin King control of our nation!
