Jonathan Karl
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Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show
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Front Row at the Trump Show
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2020
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Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
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2023
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Retribution: Donald Trump and the Campaign That Changed America
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2025
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The Right to Bear Arms: The Rise of America's New Militia
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1995
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I suspect I would have gone to graduate school to study history and become a professor at some small college somewhere. But even then I would have aspired to write history books for a broader, not academic, audience.
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Thank you for your thoughtful comments — and for your, and your family’s, service.
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Thank you for reading it and taking time to write this review. One clarification: Michael Wolff is not a source for anything in this book.
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“It struck me that there is a reason James Madison put freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the very first amendment. If we can't speak out, if we cannot challenge those in power, there is no guaranteeing the rights that follow.”
― Front Row at the Trump Show
― Front Row at the Trump Show
“In fact, the Justice Department argued, the president could ban the entire press corps from the White House: “No journalist has a First Amendment right to enter the White House.” As a reporter who has covered the White House on and off for two decades, I thought this was a terrifying argument, and it was especially disturbing that it was being made by the US Department of Justice on behalf of the president.”
― Front Row at the Trump Show
― Front Row at the Trump Show
“When a source speaking off the record lies to me, the implicit agreement between reporter and source has been violated. It is no longer off the record.”
― Front Row at the Trump Show
― Front Row at the Trump Show
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“When a source speaking off the record lies to me, the implicit agreement between reporter and source has been violated. It is no longer off the record.”
― Front Row at the Trump Show
― Front Row at the Trump Show
“In fact, the Justice Department argued, the president could ban the entire press corps from the White House: “No journalist has a First Amendment right to enter the White House.” As a reporter who has covered the White House on and off for two decades, I thought this was a terrifying argument, and it was especially disturbing that it was being made by the US Department of Justice on behalf of the president.”
― Front Row at the Trump Show
― Front Row at the Trump Show
“What am I supposed to do,” I asked, “hail a taxi at the Mexico City airport and say, ‘Take me to Donald Trump’?”
― Front Row at the Trump Show
― Front Row at the Trump Show









































