Trump Dismantles Washington: with a little help from his friends

By Phil Terrana

It hard to know what to make of Trump's presidency. Every day is something new, something previously unheard of, something that usually can't be explained. Not by him, his staff, or his allies in Congress. Even his base admit they don't like everything he does, but they do love him. Back in December 2015, before the primaries even began, I became so hung up on the words leaving his mouth-not so much the words, but rather the order they came out, that I came up with Trump Throughout History. The president's words cause many to be afraid in today's uneasy and oftentimes divisive environment. I decided to insert him into familiar situations from the past. Because the aftermaths of these events are already set in stone, they are immune from the harm his words normally cause. I thought hearing his mangled utterance, which like his current ones, make no sense whatsoever, might bring a smile to readers' faces in these troubled times. Maybe that was unfair, a case of me doing what he has accused everyone of doing throughout his presidency-namely picking on him. For possibly the first time, he is right. I am picking on him. I'd also say, he's got it coming. The fictional, A Thousand and one Trumpian Tweets, is a look at what, still to this day, doesn't make sense to a lot of Americans. How did Donald Trump, an egotistical, barely literate, boastful, bullying blowhard with nothing going for him except a lot of money, much of it made through questionable business dealings or given to him by Russian banks-how did this man get elected president? Maybe the fictional answer I give to that question might be the only one that makes sense-until the Mueller Investigation gives us a better one. In Trump Unraveling History, I offer up essays-some previously published, some not-that look not only at him, but also a Republican party that has failed to stand up to him. Trump does what he does because he has no choice. He is who he is. Congress doesn't have to put up with him, but they do. Maybe they have no choice either. Maybe they are who they are.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1725801744
• ISBN13: 9781725801745
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"