A Very Stable Genius: Donald j. Trump's Testing of America (Random House Large Print)
Carol Leonnig
Synopsis "A Very Stable Genius: Donald j. Trump's Testing of America (Random House Large Print) "
Washington Post national investigative reporter Carol Leonnig and White House bureau chief Philip Rucker, both Pulitzer Prize winners, provide the definitive insider narrative of Donald Trump's unique presidency with shocking new reporting and insight into its implications. "I alone can fix it." So went Donald J. Trump's march to the presidency on July 21, 2016, when he accepted the Republican presidential nomination, promising to restore what he described as a fallen nation. Yet over the subsequent years, it has been hard to see beyond the daily chaos of scandal, investigation, and constant bluster. It would be all too easy to mistake Trump's first term for one of pure and uninhibited chaos, but there were patterns to his behavior and that of his associates. Leonnig and Rucker, with deep and unmatched sources throughout Washington, D.C., tell of rages and frenzies but also moments of courage and perseverance. Relying on scores of exclusive interviews with some of the most senior members of the Trump administration and other firsthand witnesses, the authors reveal the forty-fifth president up close. Here for the first time certain officials tell the truth for the benefit of history. This peerless and gripping narrative reveals President Trump at his most unvarnished and exposes how decision making in his administration has been driven by a reflexive logic of self-preservation and self-aggrandizement - but a logic nonetheless. This is the story of how an unparalleled president has scrambled to survive and tested the strength of America's democracy and its common heart as a nation.
Carol Duhurst Leonnig es una periodista investigativa estadounidense reconocida por su trabajo riguroso y profundo sobre seguridad nacional, política y funcionamiento del gobierno de Estados Unidos. Nacida en Maryland y formada en Bryn Mawr College, Leonnig desarrolló una carrera periodística que la llevó a trabajar durante más de dos décadas en The Washington Post, donde se destacó por desentrañar fallas sistémicas en agencias gubernamentales con impacto nacional. Su estilo combina investigación exhaustiva, múltiples fuentes directas y un compromiso claro por hacer que temas complejos sean comprensibles para el público general.
Como autora, Leonnig ha publicado varias obras de no ficción que se convirtieron en bestsellers y le han ganado reconocimiento crítico. Entre ellas están A Very Stable Genius y I Alone Can Fix It, ambas coescritas con Philip Rucker y centradas en la presidencia de Donald Trump, y Injustice, escrita con Aaron C. Davis, que examina la politización del Departamento de Justicia en Estados Unidos. Leonnig ha sido galardonada con múltiples premios Pulitzer por su trabajo periodístico, lo que subraya su impacto y excelencia en la cobertura de temas de seguridad y política contemporánea.