Further, he has banished nearly all those thoughtful people. The president, we are told, has destroyed the guardrails thoughtful people tried to erect around him. This slim volume is the author's mea culpa, projected well past personal apology to the sounding of a national alarm.
The author reports voting for Trump in 2016, despite misgivings, firmly believing the alternative (Hillary Clinton) would be worse. Within weeks of McCain's death, the author's op-ed had appeared in the Times. John McCain as the trigger event for turning against Trump. Most chapters begin with a quotation from a former Republican president, and the author cites Trump's treatment of the late Arizona Republican Sen. The author presents as a patriot and a scholar, either a moderate-to-conservative Republican or someone adept at aping that persona. Nor do we know at this point who wrote this book, and that will be reason enough for some to ignore it.
But we have no indication any were, or were not, among the resisters. Six are now gone one is leaving at year's end. The author provides no names, labeling them not the "Deep State" but rather the "Steady State." But we do see a hint at one point when the author refers to a group of nine within the first Cabinet who had been senators, governors, generals or chief executive officers. They found kindred spirits in the new White House, for a time, and thought they could direct the new president, perhaps finding useful bounds for his boundless energy.īooks What's In The Anonymous Official's 'A Warning' These were people who joined the new administration in 2017 not from the Trump campaign but from a world of Republican loyalty and relevant experience. We are told that what this author first described (in a September 2018 op-ed in The New York Times) as a resistance within the administration has now all but collapsed. That is why, the author tells us, so many of the well-known members of Trump's first-term team have already departed. Beyond that, he actively seeks to widen and deepen divisions to serve his own ends. How much worse? We are told the president has no interest in learning enough about how the government works to govern. So they stayed, and sure enough, things got worse. They did not, we are told, because they feared it would only make things worse. resigning en masse to call attention to Trump's misconduct and erratic leadership." On its first page, in a bid to make news, the book says disillusionment was so great in the first two years of President Trump's administration that "top advisors and cabinet-level officials contemplated. The title and "Anonymous" loom up in high contrast black-and-white, with "A Senior Trump Administration Official" lurking just below - in red. The book jacket for A Warning is appropriately stark. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How sweet was it that Red brought Anthony a blue get-well balloon and directed the doctor to take care of Anthony's lipo sculpture? Red has become quite the softie.Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title A Warning Author Anonymous He could have ignored Anthony's dilemma, but Anthony was vital in helping him rebuild his empire, and Red won't forget the little people. He's mellowed out so much since we first met him. Part of me wonders if that's what he wants. He has to realize that she isn't going to stop until she finds out the truth. I wasn't surprised when he told her he couldn't tell her what it was. I was surprised that he admitted to her that he had a secret.
We know it's not going to happen that way. Red is probably hoping going back to the Task Force will distract her from seeking the truth. I just hope she doesn't become so entrenched in Task Force cases that she loses sight of the big prize. And it's about time she took her badge back. The only way she'll be able to fight a cop is by being a cop. In a not-so-surprising move, she went back to work for the Task Force. Liz can play games with the best of them. Garvey may be a smart guy, but Liz is smarter. Detective take care of the problem? What is Garvey's end game, and why is he playing so many games anyway? Garvey knows Liz is after him, so why not just have Mr. What doesn't make sense is what they want with Liz, and why they are letting her live. Detective is working for him is another fascinating layer. Ian Garvey being a cop is an interesting twist. If he "knows the truth," it will eventually lead to Dom. It won't surprise me if Ian Garvey figures out who Dom is and ends up killing him.
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