{"product_id":"9781501174155","title":"It's Even Worse Than You Think : What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIt's Even Worse Than You Think\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Cay Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom David Cay Johnston, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Donald Trump\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e comes his \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller about how the Trump Administration’s policies will affect our jobs, savings, taxes, and safety—completed revised and updated. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and longtime Trump observer David Cay Johnston shines a light on the political termites who have infested our government under the Trump administration, destroying it from within and compromising our jobs, safety, finances, and more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIt’s Even Worse Than You Think\u003c\/i\u003e, Johnston exposes shocking details about the Mexican border wall, and how American consumers will end up paying for it, if it ever gets built; climate change, and all about Scott Pruitt who spent much of his career trying to destroy the agency he now heads; stocking—not draining—the swamp, despite his promise to do the opposite, Trump has filled his cabinet with millionaires and billionaires; and the Kleptocracy, where Donald Jr. and Eric run an eyes-wide-open blind trust of Trump holdings to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest—but not the reality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith story after story, \u003ci\u003eIt’s Even Worse Than You Think\u003c\/i\u003e \"diagnoses the Trump administration as a…government by the least qualified and most venal among us” (\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). This is “a momentously thorough account of President Trump’s alarmingly chaotic first year in office…a precise and fiery indictment of an unstable, unethical president that concludes with a call for us to defend our democracy” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) and is “urgent, necessary reading” (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Urgent, necessary reading.”\u003cbr\u003e“A momentously thorough account of President Trump’s alarmingly chaotic first year in office. . . . This precise and fiery indictment of an unstable, unethical president concludes with a call for us to defend our democracy.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It’s Even Worse Than You Think\u003c\/i\u003e shines a light on actions by the White House and Trump-appointed federal officials on climate change, job creation, taxes, race, immigration, and foreign affairs, among other topics, that should concern – and alarm – all Americans.\"\u003cbr\u003e“Wolff’s news-breaking and news-stretching \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1250158060?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=washpost-20\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;linkCode=xm2\u0026amp;creativeASIN=1250158060\"\u003ebestseller\u003c\/a\u003e has become the political book of the moment...But it is at best a snapshot, already blurred and dated…Fortunately, other authors and analysts are looking past the news alerts and war stories to examine President Trump’s longer-term impact on the nation’s norms and governance — on American democracy itself… In \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1501174169?ie=UTF8\u0026amp;tag=washpost-20\u0026amp;camp=1789\u0026amp;linkCode=xm2\u0026amp;creativeASIN=1501174169\"\u003e“It’s Even Worse Than You Think,”\u003c\/a\u003e journalist David Cay Johnston diagnoses the Trump administration as a “kakistocracy,” or government by the least qualified and most venal among us.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781501174155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40949489008846,"sku":"9781501174155","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/O_913282e4-9b93-46a9-9ca6-19d39829f47c.jpg?v=1646165459","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781501174155","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}