Showing posts with label fire and fury. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 7 March 2018

Book Review: FIre and Fury

 I did a review of the book, Fantasyland. Coincidentally, the author tells us, it seems all to have paved the way to the election of Trump! The next book, logically speaking, is Fire and Fury.  It follows closely election day in Trump Tower, and the first months after inauguration, and the chaos which ensued.

Fire and Fury was an easy read. It explains how author Wolff managed to insinuate himself into the White House, and was able to speak to people close to Trump. It includes candid opinions, if he is accurate, from people like Ailes, Bannon, and Jarvanka. The book is a good demonstration of how Trump & Co., can go from negotiating a Trump Tower in Russia, to running for election, to the fateful day when he won, and the shock hit the fan. It read well, and seems to ring true. It explains a lot, in my opinion. It shows how a man who does not read, has depended upon a few incompetent people around him, as well as others who have little political experience.

It's truly a soap opera, which many can appreciate for a laugh, except that Trump is a man with the nuclear codes, also the ability to provide universal health care, to restrict access to assault weapons, and is holding NAFTA and tariffs over Canadian workers' heads. There is much that rings true to those who keep up with the news. I have little respect for the author (Wolff), mind you, who has had his own issues. Wolff must have talked to someone, and there are always leaks from the White House. With the latest news on CNN, with Chief of Staff, Kelly, seemingly getting rid of Jarvanka, it seems plausible. Wolff has sources...

From my point of view:
More 🇨🇦Canadian workers travel south to rescue our 🇺🇸US neighbours. Still POTUS threatens us with NAFTA and a trade war. We sell $9.3 billion aluminum, $5.5 billion steel to our neighbours in an interdependent economy.
LIES and obfuscation: you buy what you need, sell what you can. A 'deficit?'

“We have massive trade deficits with Canada and Mexico.” — March 5 post on Twitter

Partly true. In fact, the United States had a total trade surplus of $7.7 billion with Canada in 2016, and a surplus of $4.4 billion through the third quarter of 2017. 

Tweets of note!
Wolf claims that Trumps spends hours phoning friends (see "nightly phone calls" in the index), this rings true, with headlines like this.


Trump's foreign conflicts of interest aren't going away - Video - Business News


Trump's failures and lack of ethics should have warned the US electorate. Trump claims to be a 'very stable genius' but that seems doubtful. The memes are succinct.

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