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Bezig met laden... It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to Americadoor David Cay Johnston
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) wonderlande | Jan 1, 2023 |  In this book, It's Even Worse Than You Think, Johnson shows how a dishonest and ill informed criminal has become the President of the United States. Trump and his friends are enriching themselves as they dismantle the laws and protections that generations have worked to establish. Will be survive him? ( ) MMc009 | Jan 30, 2022 | One difference between Johnston's earlier book and this more recent book might be that the author doesn't focus solely on Trump's narcissist, blustery, egotistical, and untruthful side. Because Trump is now President, Johnson now also delves into how this Administration's policies, and the people he appointed to run various agencies, will impact our future. There's a slight chance that some supporters of President Trump's approach to governing could like this book, in that Johnston describes how the President is trying to reduce the size of many Agencies, and how he is cutting regulations, but as Johnston point out, there are negative sides to taking those steps. So, as the book's title implies, the "It's Even Worse Than You Think" does not paint a positive view of the President nor his policies. ( ) rsutto22 | Jul 15, 2021 | Still. It's nice -- if that's quite the right word -- to have all the ugliness laid out in an organized and coherent fashion. Well, all the ugliness up until sometime in 2018, when this book was published, anyway. There have certainly been new revelations and developments and reasons to bang one's head against a wall pretty much daily since then, so it is a little dated already. For the most part, it's all pretty clearly presented. I did find some of those fairly complex economic subjects a little difficult to follow, but, unlike Trump, I've never presented myself as an expert in economics. I will say that while I appreciate how fervently Johnston makes his arguments -- which include not just laying out all the reasons why Trump is bad at his job and bad for America, but also why it feels like he's setting an extremely worrying precedent -- I think there are a few times throughout the book where he can't resist taking what seems to me to be a slightly cheap shot. It's a temptation I understand, but in the case of Trump, it's hardly one that's necessary. There are so many perfectly legitimate shots to be taken at him instead, after all. ( ) bragan | Oct 20, 2019 |  ) KateSavage | Mar 29, 2019 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"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. No journalist knows Donald Trump better than David Cay Johnston, who has been following him since 1988. It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America goes inside the administration to show how the federal agencies that touch the lives of all Americans are being undermined. Here is just some of what you will learn: The Wall. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto told President Trump that Mexico will never pay for the border wall. So, Trump is proposing putting a tariff on Mexican imports. But a tariff will simply raise the price of Mexican goods in the US, meaning American consumers will end up paying for the wall--if it ever gets built. Climate Change. Welcome to the new EPA, run by Scott Pruitt, a lawyer who has spent much of his career trying to destroy the agency he now heads. Secrecy reigns at the new EPA because Pruitt meets with industry executives to find out which clean air and clean water provisions they most want to roll back, and keeps staffers in the dark to make sure these pro-pollution plans don't leak prematurely. Stocking the Swamp. Contrary to his promise to 'drain the swamp' in Washington, DC, Trump has filled his cabinet with millionaires and billionaires, from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, a Goldman Sachs and hedge fund veteran who made much of his fortune foreclosing on homeowners, to billionaire heiress Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who has already put the interests of bankers ahead of debt-burdened students and their families. The Kleptocracy. Under Donald Trump conflict of interest is passé. When Trump isn't in Washington, he stays at one of his properties, where the taxpayers pick up the tab for staffers, Secret Service, and so on, all at full price. And back in Washington, everyone now knows that the Trump International Hotel is the only place to stay if you want to do business with the administration. Meanwhile sons 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."--Dust jacket. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)973.933History and Geography North America United States 1901- Bush Administration And Beyond Donald TrumpLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (4.29)
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