Sinking in the Swamp review: dispatches from the belly of the Trumpian beast

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/09/sinking-in-the-swamp-donald-trump-book-review-daily-beast

In July 2018, the Daily Beast’s Lachlan Markay posted a short piece about a mysterious $375,000 contribution from “Global Energy Producers” to America First Action, a pro-Trump Super Pac. Eighteen months later, federal agents arrested Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman en route to Dulles airport; they were holding one-way tickets. Republican politicians who took their cash are offloading it as if it were doused with coronavirus and the president has suddenly forgotten the name of their former patron: Rudy Giuliani.

With Beast White House correspondent Asawin Suebsaeng, Markay now delivers a breezy look at Trumpworld and our nation’s capital. Their book is constructed out of fresh reporting, prior columns and gossip, lots of it. It is filled with tales of greed, envy and near violence, together with schemes, outbursts and profanity.

Few are spared. Donald Trump’s insecurities and temper, Steve Bannon’s foul mouth and Jared Kushner’s habit of knowing less than he thinks he does – all are on display. Sinking in the Swamp contains at least a week’s worth of material for The Daily Show.

It chronicles the president’s fear of assassination, as he repeatedly asks if the White House windows are bulletproof. “You sure?” Trump would repeat. Tweets about “your favorite president, me!” belie a man who knows he’s
despised by nearly half the country.

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great read!!