As the President of the United States, Donald Trump continually voices admiration for brutal strongmen such as Russia's Vladimir Putin, the Philippines' Roderigo Duterte, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Egypt's Abedel Fattah el-Sisi. He has threatened the American mainstream media, obsessed over leaks, and worked mostly through executive orders. Some Americans still believe this is part of a carefully crafted plan to bring authoritarianism to our country. As Frum reveals, carefully crafted or not, this is where Trump is taking us. In this thoughtful and hard-hitting book, he issues a warning for democracy and America's future: all over the world countries are being destroyed by similar populist bumblers, making impulsive decisions and ignoring traditions,
Quietly, steadily, he and his administration are damaging the tenets and accepted practices of American democracy, perhaps irrevocably. As Trump and his family enrich themselves, the presidency itself falls into the hands of the generals and financiers who surround him.
During his own White House tenure, Frum witnessed the ways the presidency is limited not by law, but by tradition, propriety, and public outcry, all now weakened. Whether the Trump presidency lasts 2, 4, or 8 more years, he has changed the nature of the office for the worse, and likely for decades.
In this powerful and eye-opening book, Frum makes clear that the hard work of recovery starts at home. Trumpocracy outlines how Trump could push America towards illiberalism, what the consequences could be for our nation and our everyday lives, and what we can do to prevent it.
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"All but the most determined Trump enthusiasts should feel pin pricks of recognition and...a queasy discomfort." -- <em>New York Times</em> "A far more rewarding book than Fire and Fury." -- <em>Financial Times</em> "Magnificent....The wisdom of the final chapter in particular absolutely floored me." -- Laurence Tribe "With precision and even eloquence, Frum details how the Trump campaign and administration has damaged American institutions and the American psyche. For those who oppose Trumpism, this is a clarion call." -- <em>Booklist</em> "The most important new book about the dangers of Donald Trump's presidency" -- San Francisco Chronicle "Fascism did not rise in the 30's because it was strong but rather because Democracy was weak. David Frum has written an essential book for a time when the pillars and norms of American Democracy are under threat from the leaders pledged to preserve it." -- Stephen Schmidt, strategist for George W. Bush, John Mccain, and Arnold Schwarzenegger "An outstanding chronicle of the unending corruption, deceit, and chaos that acts as rocket fuel for the administration, and ego, of President Donald J. Trump. This is a brilliant book of a frightening American present, it is also an honest discussion of the gifts a Trump Presidency has unwittingly revealed." -- Malcolm Nance, author of <em>The Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and Wikileaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election</em> "Frum charts the erosion of democratic principles over the course of Donald Trump's campaign and first year in office, enumerating both the president's own improprieties and the misdeeds of his various advisers and hangers-on. Frum's incisive prose and optimism set this apart." -- Publishers Weekly "Evenhanded, ideologically consistent, and guaranteed to generate a slew of angry tweets should a copy land at the White House." -- Kirkus Reviews
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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Höhe: 215 mm
Breite: 145 mm
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978-0-06-279673-8 (9780062796738)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
David Frum is a senior editor at the Atlantic and the author of nine books, including the New York Times bestseller The Right Man. From 2001 to 2002, he served as a speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush. He and his wife, Danielle Crittenden Frum, live in Washington, DC, and Wellington, Ontario. They have three children.
