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I knew fealty to Donald Trump was running the GOP today, but Cheney paints it as a cowering, spineless, fear of--if not Trump himself--Trump's most rabid followers. It fits. It makes sense. It's a viable explanation for why the Republican Party has largely abandoned conservatism in favor of Trump's moodswing populism.

She’s convinced me.

I’ve been enjoying this read. While it’s still very strong and articulate, it’s starting to buckle under the weight of Cheney’s ego and self-importance. While she was in House leadership, she was also a two-term congresswoman from a state with one congressional district. Her reading of her own stature is over-inflated here.

Cheney wrote a very enjoyable page-turner. It has that quality where you want to keep reading and you get interested and invested in the narrative. I still don’t know to what degree she’s truly right, but this is an extremely compelling form of the argument! And I’m always on the lookout for the best form of a given argument.

Still a good memoir on foreign policy and international relations, but the writing is starting to feel dry. Haley clearly has awesome stories to tell, but they’re starting to sound the same. Bad country does bad thing, Nikki Haley is a badass woman who stands up to someone, and win or lose, somebody gets the don’t-mess-with-us message.

Nikki Haley is obviously brilliant. Very strong and analytical mind. Solid memoir so far. Tough to make the UN into interesting subject matter, but this book’s doing it.

Cheney is certainly spinning a compelling narrative. She lays out her case against Trump with strong facts and a reasonable sprinkling of her own emotion. I’m not sure whether I’m on Cheney’s side or Trump’s (or somewhere else entirely), but this is a great summary of her case so far. Very readable and well-written, too!

This is what an actual problem-solver sounds like! I wish more leaders thought and worked like this.