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The America We Deserve Hardcover – January 15, 2000

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The essential, bestselling book that first defined President Donald Trump's political ideas.

The America We Deserve is the essential book for anyone who wants to understand the core of Donald Trump's political thinking. In this book, written as he first considered running for president in 2000, Trump offers no-nonsense, populist, provocative, and dramatic solutions to issues that continue to resonate with voters today.

In this book, Trump lays out a vision for America that is strong, optimistic, and founded on core Republican principles of self-reliance, limited governance, economic growth, and equitable taxation. Striking for its similarities to President Trump's current initiatives--but also fascinating in its differences--The America We Deserve reveals a man who is fully engaged with the nation and cares deeply about its future. Readers and voters will discover Trump's ideas on:

*Foreign policy and relations with China, Russia, North Korea, and Israel
*How to fix our broken and underperfoming education system
*Reducing regulations on business to help create jobs and economic growth
*A dramatic one-time tax on the super-wealthy to close the national debt and fuel tax cuts for the middle class
*Immigration, crime, terrorism, and more

The America We Deserve is essential reading for Trump-watchers, voters, Republicans, Democrats, and anyone interested in how Trump the businessman became Trump the president.

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Donald Trump doesn't pull any punches when he surveys the American political scene: Pat Buchanan's "totally lost it," Al Gore is "an able, underrated man who seems confused," and Bill Bradley is simply a "disaster." But the real estate tycoon has some ideas of his own about how the United States should be run, and he shares them with the potential electorate for the 2000 presidential race in The America We Deserve. There aren't too many surprises here: Trump lambastes the government bureaucracy that's made a mess of the civic infrastructure, particularly the public school systems; he supports creating opportunities for business developers (both large and small); and he's tougher than tough on crime. He's also prepared to come down hard on America's enemies abroad, such as China, North Korea, and Cuba. Among the more interesting aspects of his platform is his desire to do away completely with soft money in campaign financing and allow unlimited personal contributions--along with full disclosure of political contributions, updated daily on the Internet.

The America We Deserve is an effective combination of Trump's straight-shooting personality and policy-wonk data points. As another American presidential campaign heats up, Trump raises issues that will force voters to give serious consideration to what they want in a candidate. --Ron Hogan

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Donald J. Trump is the 45th president of the United States of America, a businessman and television personality, and the author of many bestselling books, including Crippled America and The Art of the Deal.

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Publisher : Renaissance Books; 1st edition (January 15, 2000)
Language: : English
Hardcover : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1580631312
ISBN-13 : 978-1580631310
Item Weight : 1.24 pounds
Dimensions : 6.14 x 0.69 x 9.21 inches

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Nessie

Excellent Read!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2019

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This is an excellent book written by our President!! Many years ago he talked about how to solve our countries problems and now he is getting the job done!

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Think you know Trump? Read his somewhat dated but revealing political manifesto, one every thinking American should read

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2016

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Think you know Trump? Think again! The America We Deserve is Donald J. Trump's political manifesto and was first published in 2000 when the Reform Party was making a strong bid to recruit him as their presidential candidate (he declined). Co-authored by veteran journalist Dave Shiflett, it's a rather remarkable book for a variety of reasons the most obvious being his unprecedented 2016 scorched-earth campaign for the Republican nomination. The first thing you discover from this book is that Trump does, indeed, have a method to his campaign rhetoric madness. Accused by critics on both the left and right of being short on policy substance and long on crude entertainment value, The America We Deserve reveals a different reality. Trump outlines a detailed multi-point plan to get America on track. All of the topics covered in his 2016 campaign are detailed in this 2000 book proving both a consistency and an intellectual framework behind his rhetoric. Campaign reform, education, tax cuts, immigration, military defense, healthcare -- you name it, it's in here. He even denounces Pat Buchanan (very strongly) and David Duke (as an aside) for their racism and extremism (which is why I believe he didn't take Jake Tapper's CNN question about a KKK endorsement seriously, Trump's record speaks for itself). He also expresses admiration for a broad range of politically, racially and ethically diverse people including Rudy Giuliani, Harry Truman, FDR, Ronald Reagan, Oprah Winfrey, Colin Powell, Jesse Ventura, George HW Bush, George Pataki, Hillary Clinton (Interesting!), Jeb Bush (Interesting!), John Kasich (His VP in the general election? Who knows?), JC Watts, Mohammad Ali, Mother Theresa and many, many others. Name dropping but interesting nonetheless. Trump considers himself "an old-fashioned conservative" which he defines as a person who thinks people need to take responsibility for their lives and their actions, who believes in freedom of speech, and most importantly, freedom of conscience. He also clearly supports the Second Amendment, supports the state of Israel, thinks some kind of national healthcare is necessary, and believes some forms of abortion, specifically third trimester abortions, are immoral. He goes on record in support of minority rights including Blacks, Latinos and Homosexuals. Trump comes across as a libertarian with a strong Constitutionalist streak but with liberal instincts on some issues to support freedom of conscience, in other words, he is not hard to pin down, just hard to label using the narrow rhetoric of the left and right ideologues who attack him most severely. The book, of course, is from 2000 and many of the issues he discusses have evolved in the legislative process. But some still rage and others, like terrorism and the economy, not only remain national issues, they have developed into national crises. In this Trump is surprisingly prescient, predicting a 9-11 type attack on America and the rise of China. Think you know Trump? Not if you haven't read this book. It is highly recommended and a must read for thinking voters.

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wesley williams

Must read

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2019

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I really enjoyed this book and it completely debunks every mainstream fake media and democrat lie that has been spread about DJT.
What a hoax the lying media and Washington swamp dwelling hacks have tried to perpetuate on the American people. MAGA and God bless and protect President Trump and our nation from the misguided vermin who have tried to ruin the greatest nation on earth.

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jumper

This book is Chapter after Chapter Trumps Exact Goals as President

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2018

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Th oh s is a must read to understand the policy and programs of the Trump Administration - written 18 years ago. Whether you are a Republican or Democrat there is nothing in this book a reasonable person would disagree with today - written at the by a Democrat! Everyone knows the Art of the Deal, many people are familiar with Staying at the Top, and after graduating from the School of Hard Knocks, Trump wrote his sage book on the Art of the Comeback. This is his fourth and prophetic text.

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Billie Jo Stewart

Worried about Trump as our president? Prepared to be shocked and amazed by "The America We Deserve"!!

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2018

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Holy cow! This book was written in 2000 and the insight Trump has to how America was running and doing business will blow your mind! Read this book and you will understand that almost 20 years ago not only did he see what was wrong with our country - he has amazingly in depth ideas as to how to repair / fix these issues. His focus really is on the United States of America and wanting it to be the best we can be!

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Tdaoust

A great read

Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2020

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I never gave serious thought to Donald Trump as a presidential candidate back in the Clinton era, and was surprised to learn in this now 20 year old book that he was giving very serious thought to the problems America faces. In this book I learned that he sincerely loves America, sees its major problems clearly, and in the true spirit of a guy who loves to fix things wants to change things for the better.

Trump has the courage to tell it like it is, and because he doesn’t need the money that the job pays, or the pension, we should trust him to do what’s right.

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President Trump's thoughts more clearly stated than recently published books

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2017

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Unlike many books nowadays, especially those espousing political positions, this one is pretty well written. There are some typos, but nothing compared to the low quality, unedited garbage recently published. Love him or hate him, this year 2000 edition is to the point when he talks about his thoughts, feelings and plans concerning the state of our country. What's amazing is that he has been thinking (and I assume planning) how to run for president since the 1990s or earlier. Based on the results of the 2016 election, and what I've read in his older books (including The America We Deserve), Donald Trump definitely knew what he was doing during the recent presidential campaign. He was and is the one in control of the politicians, talking heads, and media.

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Gary Edgar

AN INVALUABLE GUIDE TO WHAT DRIVES TRUMP'S PRESIDENTIAL AGENDA

Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2017

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This is quite a valuable read if you want to gain an insight in Trump's thinking and vision of what America is and should be. Written well before his surprisingly successful campaign to become POTUS it's a fairly clear road-map of where he hopes to take the nation and why during his presidency.
Read it and you will discover that to date he's simply following that road-map and therefore isn't as puzzling and unpredictable as the media likes to portray him. You may or may not feel comforted by what you read, but at least you won't be in the dark.

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fred

A Trump Manifesto written 20 years ago; worth illumination

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2016

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A seminal book written as a manifesto. A worthwhile book written in 1998, by a businessman who dreamt of what was wrong with the US and how he would put right. The book surprisingly covers:
- Family and Family values. His brother and alcoholism, His hard taskmaster father and his Uncle. All this is a revelation that aspires to a solid view on Family;
- Business and Regulation. This is what he is good at. Worth knowing his views on Regulation.
- People. The forgotten little man.
- Foreign Policy. The mediocrity of those who practice it; Extrapolating rather than Breaking the mould to a new paradigm.
- Environment. His view is anti environmentalist who trades off technological progress providing solutions.
- Politics. Replacing bureaucracy with value add performance for the Nation.

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downloadable book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 23, 2019

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very easy to buy and then use, can download the app and then read the book on my tabled and/or phone depending on what I've got on me. Brilliant, very space saving and much cheaper than the hard back

Ken Warner

The Real Donald Trump

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 18, 2019

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Read in 2019. Why in heavens name is this side of Donald Trump not publicised more, to balance all the pathetic anti-Trump and biased garbage put out by the current anti-Trump media. Bring it up to date and republish - please. Perhaps CNN would like to put in an offer to sponsor it!!!

Christopher Kozoriz

Defends ordinary man and woman

Reviewed in Canada on October 3, 2018

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"We don't have our dream handed to us. We build it. We have our vision, then we go out and make it real. Yet the tax system clearly punishes the nation's dreamers, big and small. That's why the Trump debt-reduction tax plan would benefit the American Dream.
Most people are not going to take time away from their families and work themselves to exhaustion trying to make more money if the government takes such a large cut of their profits. High taxes are a levy on human achievement and a subsidy for mediocrity. (Donald J. Trump, "The America We Deserve", Page 178)

Trump, now President Trump, defends the ordinary man and woman in this book. Although the term "Draining the Swamp" was not said in this book, it speaks to the waste and unethical behaviour of Washington career politicians. President Trump laid the groundwork in this book of why he would be a good candidate for the presidency. Little did he know that he would be given the opportunity to put into practice the many ideas he shares in this book.

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Anthony Marinelli

an old book still relevant

Reviewed in Canada on July 20, 2012

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As in time to get tough which the author penned in the last few years the america we deserve is from 2000,
at about the year 2000 and the author has a few interesting things to say. Let me say right off that we all have
icons i'm guilty like anyone and he mentions movie stars businessmen and all types of people who have attained
celebrity status,incliding the writer who is known by 97 percent of the public. really an amazing figure and it just goes to show as a private businessperson how newsworthy he is even if the media may not always be in
agreeement with him,they think he has a view which needs to be known. I think Trump as well as Romney are
better accepted nowadays given the downturn worldwide as people seek answers and he does see at the time the world is becoming globalized and the need to reform and compete. 12 years later...the message stares everyone in the face.
He saw it back in 2000 so he has some foresight and he has adopted a business model for success which is probably
quite different than what he thought when in school. He looks at foreign relations,and his approach is mercantilist except when some pressing security issue is at stake..and also health care and emphasizes efficiency...he's never been crazy about the health care system,but an efficient low cost system if it works would be great...but he would like choice...but the winds of change even in business are making employment less stable,and the need for a great education system...also we need to look at our cities and he spends time on that from everything to city structures...and his mantra is efficiency and low costs and profit making...the bureaucratic system is his main gripe...we do not need to go into the psychology and sociology of the reasons why but the belief in big government is waning and more decision making as close to the individual's as themselves...and its cheaper. This ties into efficiency as well as his main aim...let people make decisions who voluntarily want to help and show concern
as in charities....there is also a discussion on orphans...he seems to do better among the lower to mid classes
and with ethnic group rather than the upper classes...although he questions why the upper classes once they get
to know him will like him he muses. C'est ca! As they say..this may be due to media spin...and also he is felt to
be behind great changes in all kinds of areas,which by and large were positive changes which promoted business
and prospects for the lower classes...they felt more empowered as power was devolved...and i dont know why
the wealthier as he says may not take to him so much...although he does mention some ethnic groups and perhaps their
economic status is not a factor but the ethnic group or a combination of both...i think i understood that..but he represents change and reform and those doing better just have to be better informed about him...so still a book worth reading honest and interesting...and whomever wins the coming election many of the ideas may be consensus views!...Icons...our lives seem trivial and mundane without a successful person to raise us to the stratosphere and make us feel uplifted...who knows i think we all watch celebrities..but should we be so enamored...and what does that say about how we feel about those similar to ourselves!!

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