One Nation After Trump

One Nation After Trump

Adult nonfiction
"We have had more or less ideological presidents and more or
less competent presidents. We have had presidents who divided the
country and presidents whose opponents saw them as a danger to
everything they believed in. But we have never had a president who
aroused such grave and widespread doubts about his commitment to the
institutions of self-government, to the norms democracy requires, to
the legitimacy of opposition in a free republic, and to the need for
basic knowledge about major policy questions and about how government
works. We have never had a president who daily raises profound
questions about his basic competence and his psychological capacity to
take on the most powerful and challenging political office in the
world..."
One Nation Under Trump is the most thorough guide to the many
dangers our current White House occupant poses for America. Authors
E. J. Dionne, Norman J. Ornstein, and Thomas A. Mann boast serious
scholarship credentials and it shows.
The authors contend that Trump is not only a threat to our
nation, but a product of its weakness. Combining historical
perspective with extensive research, they discuss topics such as:
*why an increasing number of Americans are underrepresented in
presidential elections due to factors such as the Electoral College
giving too much importance to rural areas and a small number of swing
states;
*how Trump's embrace of dictators and conspiracy theories, disrespect
for the press, and looseness with the truth imperil us;
and *how his promises that were never honored hoodwinked the voters in
his "base."
Fortunately the authors hold out hope for the future and present
prenty of ideas for how America can not only survive, but thrive after
the Trump presidency. If you want to be part of this change, One
Nation After Trump is a must read.
On a purrrsonal (Joey is sprawled out on my lap purring) note, the
meteorologists are predicting that after two more days of Arctic chill
Maine will be clobbered with the first major snow storm of the year.
They're calling for 12 to 20 inches. We'll see how much is real and
how much is hype.
A great big shout out goes out to our meteorologists who do the best
they can predicting something as fickle as New England weather.
jules hathaway


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