A Very Stable Genius: Donald j. Trump'S Testing of America
Carol Leonnig
Synopsis "A Very Stable Genius: Donald j. Trump'S Testing of America"
The instant #1 bestseller, now updated with new reporting.“This taut and terrifying book is among the most closely observed accounts of Donald J. Trump’s shambolic tenure in office to date." - Dwight Garner, The New York TimesWashington 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 presidency “I alone can fix it.” So proclaimed Donald J. Trump on July 21, 2016, accepting the Republican presidential nomination and promising to restore what he described as a fallen nation. Yet as he undertook the actual work of the commander in chief, it became nearly impossible to see beyond the daily chaos of scandal, investigation, and constant bluster. In fact, there were patterns to his behavior and that of his associates. The universal value of the Trump administration was loyalty—not to the country, but to the president himself—and Trump’s North Star was always the perpetuation of his own power. With deep and unmatched sources throughout Washington, D.C., Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker reveal the forty-fifth president up close. Here, for the first time, certain officials who felt honor-bound not to divulge what they witnessed in positions of trust tell the truth for the benefit of history. A peerless and gripping narrative, A Very Stable Genius not only reveals President Trump at his most unvarnished but shows how he 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.
