A review by bookhawk
Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever by Rick Wilson
4.0
Wilson is a political zinger writer if there has ever been one. Wilson is an intellectual without a filter in his humorous descriptions of Donald the Elder and his minions. Wilson is also a person who cares about the Republican Party and conservatism overall. Somewhat obscured or at least overshadowed in the book by the rhetorical flourishes is Wilson’s all too accurate pointing out of Trump and the congressional republicans departing from the party of small government and anti-deficit spending throughout the early Trump years. I also appreciate the comparison of Trump in Charlottesville versus Reagan and his reaction to KKK involvement or George H.W. Bush to David Duke running for office.
The book is a little dated as having been written/published in 2018 but it was eerily accurate in Trump trying to go authoritarian in trying to throw the rules out if it means he can get his way.
The book has portions that are definitely 5 star material but there are portions that drag a little making it a 4 star. This is definitely a book with intellectual and political legitimacy despite the humor and not a light read.
The book is a little dated as having been written/published in 2018 but it was eerily accurate in Trump trying to go authoritarian in trying to throw the rules out if it means he can get his way.
The book has portions that are definitely 5 star material but there are portions that drag a little making it a 4 star. This is definitely a book with intellectual and political legitimacy despite the humor and not a light read.