With wit and piercing insight, Joy-Ann Reid--host of MSNBC\'s AM Joy--calculates the true price of the Trump presidency.
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A deeply pertinent analysis, The Man Who Sold America reveals the causes and consequences of the Trump presidency and contends with the future that awaits us.
Through interviews with American and international thought leaders and in-depth analysis, Reid situates the Trump era within the context of modern history, examining the profound social changes that led us to this point.
All this while Trump seemingly makes his administration a pawn for the ultimate villain: an autocratic former KGB officer in Russia who found in the untutored and eager forty-fifth president the perfect "apprentice." How did we get here? What is the hidden impact of Trump, beyond the headlines? Joy-Ann Reid\'s essential book examines why he succeeded, and whether America can undo the damage he has done.
And with prosecutors bearing down on Trump and his family business, the web of criminality is circling closer to the Oval Office.
As president, Trump\'s raft of self-dealing, scandal, and corruption has overwhelmed the national conversation.
Trump made the sale to enough Americans in three key swing states to win the Electoral College.
Three years ago, Donald Trump pitched millions of voters on the idea that their country was broken, and that the rest of the world was playing us "for suckers." All we needed to fix this was Donald Trump, who rebranded prejudice as patriotism, presented diversity as our weakness, and promised that money really could make the world go \'round.
At what cost have these deals come? The Man Who Sold America delivers an urgent accounting of our national crisis from one of our foremost political commentators.
Now in office, he\'s put up a "for sale" sign--on the prestige of the presidency, on America\'s global stature, and on our national identity.
Candidate Trump Sold Americans a vision that was seemingly at odds with their country\'s founding principles.
With wit and piercing insight, Joy-Ann Reid--host of MSNBC\'s AM Joy--calculates the true price of the Trump presidency
