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THE BEST PEOPLE
Trump's Cabinet and the Siege on Washington
An in-depth examination of the Trump Cabinet, revealing how Cabinet secretaries are transforming government, tossing aside tradition, expertise, and norms, with lasting and troubling consequences.
From high-flying former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, whose penchant for first-class travel and a highly suspect housing arrangement raised Washington's collective eyebrow, to Education Secretary Betsy Devos, who vowed to protect children from "potential grizzlies," members of the Trump Cabinet have shown a startling penchant for headline-grabbing behavior. Despite Trump's pledge to "drain the swamp," petty corruption abounds. So what's really going on here?
In The Best People, journalist Alexander Nazaryan takes readers deep inside the Trump government and shows how laughable "scandals" like Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson's attempted purchased of a $31,000 dining set have masked far more important and potentially devastating developments: a coordinated, systematic effort by extreme right-wing Republicans to shred established institutions. Dogged in their conviction that the scope of government (apart from the military) should be reduced, Trump's Cabinet secretaries - many of them smarter than their gaffe-prone personalities might indicate - are dismantling the federal bureaucracy, showing long-term employees the door and gutting regulations. The result is a leaner, dumber government - one that will be far less equipped to protect the interests of regular Americans. The consequences will be felt for decades to come.
This is the first book specifically focused on Trump's cabinet, and Nazaryan's account - bolstered by sources inside the White House and government agencies - will peel back the curtain on what's really happening in the Executive Branch. In the tradition of Fire and Fury and It's Even Worse Than You Think, The Best People will be a riveting, harrowing, and essential read of Trump-era Washington.
Alexander Nazaryan is the Washington National Affairs correspondent for Yahoo. A former Newsweek staff writer, Nazaryan has written on politics, books and culture for the New York Times, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the Village Voice, the New Criterion, Salon, and many other publications.
In The Best People, journalist Alexander Nazaryan takes readers deep inside the Trump government and shows how laughable "scandals" like Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson's attempted purchased of a $31,000 dining set have masked far more important and potentially devastating developments: a coordinated, systematic effort by extreme right-wing Republicans to shred established institutions. Dogged in their conviction that the scope of government (apart from the military) should be reduced, Trump's Cabinet secretaries - many of them smarter than their gaffe-prone personalities might indicate - are dismantling the federal bureaucracy, showing long-term employees the door and gutting regulations. The result is a leaner, dumber government - one that will be far less equipped to protect the interests of regular Americans. The consequences will be felt for decades to come.
This is the first book specifically focused on Trump's cabinet, and Nazaryan's account - bolstered by sources inside the White House and government agencies - will peel back the curtain on what's really happening in the Executive Branch. In the tradition of Fire and Fury and It's Even Worse Than You Think, The Best People will be a riveting, harrowing, and essential read of Trump-era Washington.
Alexander Nazaryan is the Washington National Affairs correspondent for Yahoo. A former Newsweek staff writer, Nazaryan has written on politics, books and culture for the New York Times, Newsweek, the Washington Post, the Village Voice, the New Criterion, Salon, and many other publications.
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Published 2019-06-18 by Hachette Book Group - New York (USA) |
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Published 2019-06-18 by Hachette Book Group - New York (USA) |