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Front Row at the Trump Show

Front Row at the Trump Show

by Jonathan Karl

Dutton Books ·2020 ·368 pages ·Politics
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An account like no other from the White House reporter who has known President Trump for more than 25 years. We have never seen a president like this...norm-breaking, rule-busting, dangerously reckless to some and an overdue force for change to others. One thing is clear: We are witnessing the reshaping of the presidency. Jonathan Karl brings us into the White House in a powerful book unlike any other on the Trump administration. He's known and covered Donald Trump longer than any other White House reporter. With extraordinary access to Trump during the campaign and at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Karl delivers essential new reporting and surprising insights. These are the behind-the-scenes moments that define Trump's presidency--an extraordinary look at the president, the person, and those closest to him. This is the real story of Trump's unlikely rise; of the struggles and battles of those who work in the administration and those who report on it; of the plots and schemes of a senior staff enduring stunning and unprecedented unpredictability. Karl takes us from a TV set turned campaign office to the strange quiet of Trump's White House on Inauguration Day to a high-powered reelection campaign set to change the country's course. He shows us an administration rewriting the role of the president on the fly and a press corps that has never been more vital. Above all, this book is only possible because of the surprisingly open relationship Donald Trump has had with Jonathan Karl, a reporter he has praised, fought, and branded an enemy of the people. This is Front Row at the Trump Show.


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"Well-organized and respectfully written before the pandemic, Front Row at the Trump Show conveys the chaos and the characters that inhabit the president's universe."

Lloyd Green· The Guardian Read review ↗ Near the Top

"The author keeps his eye on the subject and not in the mirror ..."

Kirkus Read review ↗ Near the Top

"(Is it really necessary to know that Anthony Scaramucci thought Karl's exchange with Mulvaney over the Ukraine affair was 'the question that saved America'?)."

Publishers Weekly Read review ↗ Maybe Someday

"Karl's book happily does not, as many other accounts do, over-rely on former White House strategist Steve Bannon, who, because of his willingness to give interviews, has managed to enshrine his version of events as public record."

Annalisa Quinn· NPR Read review ↗ Maybe Someday

"Karl's insistence on truth from government spokesmen is well taken."

Barton Swaim· The Wall Street Journal Read review ↗ Maybe Someday

"Marketing national crisis as page-turning diversion, Front Row at the Trump Show makes the administration seem slightly less than real, a distant episode that might almost involve some other country ..."

Colin Dickey· The New Republic Read review ↗ Bottom of the Pile

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