Philip Rucker Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

Drawing on nearly three years of reporting, hundreds of hours of interviews and more than two hundred sources, including some of the most senior members of the administration, friends and first-hand witnesses who have never spoken before, Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig take us inside some of the most controversial moments of Trump's presidency. They peer deeply into Trump's White House - at the aides pressured to lie to the public, the lawyers scrambling to clear up norm-breaking disasters, and the staffers whose careers have been reduced to ashes - to paint an unparalleled group portrait of an administration driven by self-preservation and paranoia. Rucker and Leonnig reveal Trump at his most unvarnished, showing the unhinged decision-making and incompetence that has floored officials and stunned foreign leaders. They portray unscripted calls with Vladimir Putin, steak dinners with Kim Jong-un, and calls with Theresa May so hostile that they left her aides shaken. They also take a hard look at Robert Mueller, Trump's greatest antagonist to date, and how his investigation slowly unravelled an administration whose universal value is loyalty - not to country, but to the president himself. Grippingly told, A Very Stable Genius is a behind-the-scenes account of Trump's vainglorious pursuit of power in his first term

The definitive behind-the-scenes account of Trump’s final year in office, by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, reveals the untold story of 2020 in the White House. As the government struggled to contain the coronavirus, leading to over half a million American deaths, the authors explore the influences surrounding Trump, who refused to concede a clearly lost election and propagated false claims of fraud. Rucker and Leonnig provide a detailed examination of a presidency marked by dysfunction, focusing on key figures including doctors, generals, senior advisers, and Trump family members. Their sources, present during critical moments, recount how Trump prioritized personal gain over national welfare, including his desire to deploy the military against protests following George Floyd's death to enhance his image ahead of the election. The narrative details his dismissal of the coronavirus threat, resulting in infections among himself and those close to him. This is a story of a nation undermined—economically, medically, and politically—by its leader. It culminates in a minute-by-minute account of the January 6 Capitol breach and Trump’s response. With unprecedented access, Rucker and Leonnig reveal who enabled and who resisted Trump’s desperate attempts to retain power, creating a vital work of investigative reporting destined for future readers and historians.

2020 ist das Schicksalsjahr der USA. Im November wird der Präsident gewählt, und die Lage spitzt sich dramatisch zu: Wird Trump es noch einmal schaffen? Und was würde das bedeuten? Dieses Buch gibt die Antwort. Im Gewitter der täglichen Tweets und »News« treten die beiden Pulitzer-Preisträger von der »Washington Post« einen Schritt zurück, um die Amtszeit Trumps Schritt für Schritt zu rekonstruieren. Sie nutzen eine Fülle von neuen Details und Erkenntnissen, die sie aus Hunderten Stunden Interview-Material mit mehr als 200 Verwaltungsbeamten, Trump-Vertrauten und anderen Augenzeugen gewonnen haben, um entscheidende Muster hinter dem täglichen Chaos in der Regierung aufzudecken. Exzellent recherchiert und meisterhaft erzählt, lassen sie ein Bild von Trump entstehen, das uns besorgt stimmen sollte: Seine Versuche, das amerikanische System und die Demokratie zu unterlaufen, sind erfolgreicher als gedacht. In diesem Jahr geht es wirklich um alles.