Donald J. Trump--A President Like No Other by Conrad Black

https://www.amazon.com/Donald-J-Trump-President-Other/dp/1621577872/ref=sm_n_au_dka_US_pr_olt_0_0?adId=1621577872&creativeASIN=1621577872&linkId=429fd531391c86f1bca6d2c29a648b69&tag=flopaces01-20&linkCode=w41&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.floppingaces.net%2 ^ | 6/29/2018 | Nikos1121

[nikos1121]

I've been reading Conrad Black's Donald J. Trump--A president like no other. I strongly recommend it.

If you're like me, from time to time you enjoy watching youtube's of the Trump campaign, the debates, the press conferences and of course the rallys. Some of the documentaries are fun too.

Conrad Black's book is an enjoyment as he takes you into the Trump's past, present and the future. He likens him to many of our most foremost leaders, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Halsey, Patton, Kennedy, Reagan etc. He shows us, (what many here already know), that Trump's upbringing and ability to succeed in the world of Manhatten real estate and construction is excellent background for success as our President.

Our good friend Victor Davis Hanson provides the Prologue:

Conrad Black’s erudite biography of Donald J. Trump is different from the usual in mediis rebus accounts of first-year presidents. He avoids the Bob Woodward fly-on-the-wall unattributed anecdote, and “they say” gossip mongering. Nor is the book a rush-to-publish product from former insiders of the Trump campaign or administration. Instead, Black, a prolific and insightful historian, adopts the annalistic method in carefully tracing Trump’s earliest years in business through his various commercial misadventures, financial recoveries, and sometimes wild antics. Black’s aim is to illustrate how much of what Trump has done since announcing his presidential candidacy in summer 2015 is hardly mysterious.

What made Trump different from his competitors? Likely, his cunning, his almost Thucydidean reading of human nature, and his sixth sense about timing and salesmanship. In Plutarchian fashion, Black focuses on Trump’s physicality, especially his boundless energy and his impatience with nuance and self-doubt (“desperate cunning, unflagging determination, unshakeable self-confidence, ruthless Darwinian instincts of survival, and a sublime assurance that celebrity will heal all wounds”).

[weston]

I was thinking of ordering Greg Jarrett’s new book, but this one looks more interesting. Thanks for the heads up.

[blondiegoodbadugly]

Thanks. Not much of a book reader these days but please keep me on your ping list.

[Albion Wilde]

bump for later reading

[etabeta]

Just ordered. Thank you, nikos!

[painter]

Thanks for the ping. I’m going to get the book.

[edie1960]

Yes, please add me to all relevant ping lists.