Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

I just binge-read eight books by Donald Trump. Here’s what I learned.
Washington Post ^ | July 30, 2015 | Carlos Lozada

Posted on 01/30/2016 10:55:39 AM PST by elhombrelibre

From memoirs to financial advice to politics, inside the collected writings of Donald J. Trump.

Sitting down with the collected works of Donald J. Trump is unlike any literary experience I’ve ever had or could ever imagine. I spent this past week reading eight of his books — three memoirs, three business-advice titles and his two political books, all published between 1987 and 2011 — hoping to develop a unified theory of the man, or at least find a method in the Trumpness.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carloslozada; trump
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-120 next last
I now realize Trump is much deeper than I'd realized.
1 posted on 01/30/2016 10:55:39 AM PST by elhombrelibre
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre

Somethng’s deep here, that’s for sure,


2 posted on 01/30/2016 10:58:36 AM PST by Scutter
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre

He read 2000+ pages, constantly looking for reasons to dislike the author of the 2000+ pages?

What a fool.

My guess: He didn’t read more than 10 pages. He already had his conclusion typed up, so why bother reading??


3 posted on 01/30/2016 10:58:59 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (I don't know what Claire Wolfe is thinking but I know what I am thinking.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre

Would have been better off reading right books about Trump, not by him.


4 posted on 01/30/2016 10:59:01 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre

I never doubted his drive and wealth motivation. I just want to know if he will be a strong strict constitutionalist, appoint conservative justices and surround himself with constitution loving conservatives on his cabinet, flush the State Department, DOJ, and now Pentagon leftist /communists.

Will he do what is right or will he reach across the isle to work with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid?


5 posted on 01/30/2016 10:59:15 AM PST by FreeAtlanta (Restore Liberty!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre

The best book on Trump is the unauthorized biography from the mid 1980’s. It was not anti Trump but left you read between the lines. I read it a few weeks ago and have shared it grequently since then.


6 posted on 01/30/2016 11:00:15 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre

I might be following in your footsteps, Hombre. Just ordered Art of the Deal a few days ago. Will go from there.


7 posted on 01/30/2016 11:00:16 AM PST by Disestablishmentarian
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeaHawkFan

Is that like reading books ABOUT the Bible instead of reading the Bible, itself?


8 posted on 01/30/2016 11:02:33 AM PST by KGeorge
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre

... Over the course of 2,212 pages, I encountered a world where bragging is breathing and insulting is talking, where repetition and contradiction come standard, where vengefulness and insecurity erupt at random.
I can’t argue with that - I see it with my own eyes. But he has sold 30% or so that he is the GREATEST based on his insulting, contradictions and vengefulness.


9 posted on 01/30/2016 11:03:46 AM PST by libbylu (Cruz: The truth with a smile.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: FreeAtlanta
or will he reach across the isle to work with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid?

Which isle? The Isle of Patmos? Isle of Man? Skye? Wight and Capri are way too big to reach across.

10 posted on 01/30/2016 11:04:09 AM PST by PAR35
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Disestablishmentarian

I think you’ll want to read the article. It will help you see the full oeuvre of Trump’s


11 posted on 01/30/2016 11:04:37 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution. Go Cruz.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: FreeAtlanta

He can win the Presidency without kissing up to the GOPe establishment and the Democrats. But he’s been doing it anyway. He will compromise too much. He could have a bigger landslide by excoriating the statists and whipping people like me who are angry our country is going down the drain. Instead he pulls back and liberalizes his base and tries to be everything to everyone. No, that’s someone I can’t trust.


12 posted on 01/30/2016 11:05:21 AM PST by Crucial (At the heart all leftidsts s the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: KGeorge

I think SeaHawk said “read the RIGHT books”. Hummm.


13 posted on 01/30/2016 11:05:35 AM PST by Ladysforest
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: FreeAtlanta

Mr Single Payor 2000? Lemme guess.


14 posted on 01/30/2016 11:05:53 AM PST by momincombatboots (Trump... The only Democrat who can win. Well played democrats. Mr single payer 2000!? Trump!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: KGeorge

As for the Bible, God is God; Trump only thinks he is God.


15 posted on 01/30/2016 11:06:00 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre
I found ... well, is there a single word that combines revulsion, amusement, respect and confusion? That is how it feels, sometimes by turns, often all at once, to binge on Trump's writings. Over the course of 2,212 pages, I encountered a world where bragging is breathing and insulting is talking, where repetition and contradiction come standard, where vengefulness and insecurity erupt at random.

Does not surprise me.

16 posted on 01/30/2016 11:07:06 AM PST by Charles Henrickson (Social and constitutional conservative)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre

Say what you want the article pretty much nails it on Trump.

Explains why he is so popular with many,but why he shouldn’t be.


17 posted on 01/30/2016 11:07:31 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre

I think the is the same article, but not behind the WP Pay Wall. http://www.standard.net/National-Commentary/2015/08/02/I-just-binge-read-8-books-by-Donald-Trump-Here-s-what-I-learned


18 posted on 01/30/2016 11:08:25 AM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ClearCase_guy

Well, it is the Washington Compost. What else could you expect?


19 posted on 01/30/2016 11:08:36 AM PST by AFreeBird
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: elhombrelibre; FreeAtlanta
"I never doubted his drive and wealth motivation. I just want to know if he will be a strong strict constitutionalist, appoint conservative justices and surround himself with constitution loving conservatives on his cabinet, flush the State Department, DOJ, and now Pentagon leftist /communists." - FreeAtlanta

Sums up the single most important set of standards for examining each and every candidate now and in the future!!!

Congratulations, FreeAtlanta!

20 posted on 01/30/2016 11:09:12 AM PST by loveliberty2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-6061-80 ... 101-120 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson