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This scathing exposé brings you into the close, yet open circles of narcissist who’s immaturity and craving for power and praise are matched only by his office: President of The United States.

Whether you’re looking to revisit the last decade of related news cycles, or peer deeper into the psychology of Donald Trump & his maniacal entourage, this book paints a rich picture, and then some.

It provides many fascinating windows into the White House. So much so that if you follow it closely in turn with the daily news cycle, you’re able to stitch together a pretty clear picture of what’s unfolding in Washington, the west, and the world at large.

Trumps phsychology is a cartoonish manifestation of his life “experience” thus far, it has gone beyond what any fiction writer could imagine of a tyrant.

Chugging along intermittently, it’s the first book I read that I had to take an extended break for psyche and attention restoration. This thing is jam-packed with information you’d rather not know.

Using this book to practice annotation & memory retention, so progress is slow.

However, it is extremely revealing and provides great insight behind the curtain of the Trump administration and Washington D.C. in general.

I really can’t overstate how appalled we should be at the behavior and conduct of this presidency, if it’s something youre interested in, I highly recommend!

An absolute encyclopedia of conspiracy. Seperating verifiable facts from testimony and fiction is a mountain of work! I’m about halfway through and probably only cussed out half of what I’ve read!

I’m going to try to breeze through the rest, and cycle back for fact-checking and whatnot. There is still tons of relevant information here. Also highly recommend the Bill Cooper Biography Doc on YouTube!!

Reads well for what I imagine is very intensive journalistic work. I’m liking the pace and intimacy

I like folklore, I like nonfiction. What I don’t like is taking leaps of faith to connect one to the other. This book has only done a bit of that so far, so I’m entertaining it.

The properly sourced material is incredibly enlightening, and only about 100 pages in, there’s several rabbit holes I’ll have to dive through before I can land conclusively on much of it.

Nonetheless, it’s great so far!

On order (6/28/26)

If Iliad was Breaking Bad, this is Better Call Saul.