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Let Trump Be Trump: The Inside Story of His Rise to the Presidency Hardcover – December 5, 2017
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Let Trump be Trump: The Inside Story of His Presidency is the ultimate behind-the-scenes account of how he became President of the United States.
Donald Trump was a candidate, and now a president, like none that have come before. His startling rise to the White House is the greatest political tale in the history of our republic. Much has been written about this once-in-a-millennial event but all of those words come from authors outside the orbit of Donald Trump.
Now, for the first time, comes the inside story.
Written by the guys in the room-two of Trump's closest campaign advisors-Let Trump Be Trump is the eyewitness account of the stories behind the headlines. From the Access Hollywood recording and the Clinton accusers, to Paul Manafort, to the last-moment comeback and a victory that reads like something out of the best suspense novel, Let Trump Be Trump pulls back the curtain on a drama that has mesmerized the whole world-including the palace intrigues of the Mooch, Spicer, Preibus, Bannon, and more.
By turns hilarious and intimate, Let Trump Be Trump also offers a view of Donald Trump like you've never seen him, the man whose success in business was built not only on great skill but on loyal relationships and who developed the strongest of bonds with the band of outsiders and idealists who became his team because they believed in him and his message.
Written by Trump's campaign manager, the fiery Corey Lewandowski, and Dave Bossie, the consummate political pro and the plaintiff in the famous Citizens United Supreme Court case who helped steer the last critical months of the Trump campaign, Let Trump Be Trump is destined to be the seminal book about the Trump campaign and presidency.
- Print length296 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherCenter Street
- Publication dateDecember 5, 2017
- Dimensions6.38 x 1 x 9.25 inches
- ISBN-101546083308
- ISBN-13978-8925597898
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"These guys were in the room for the wildest presidential campaign in recent history. The stories are all here. Very entertaining and informative."―Mark Levin
"Hillary, do you want to know what really happened? Read this book! Corey Lewandowski and Dave Bossie take you deep inside the phenomenal Trump campaign. Let Trump Be Trump is written with true insight and understanding of America's greatest presidential candidate, and once you begin this story, I promise you will not put it down until you finish."―Sean Hannity
"Key leaders of the growing conservative movement, Corey Lewandowski and Dave Bossie helped make Trump president and tell Trump's winning story like no one else has-from the inside."―Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House
"... refreshingly punchy"―Newsweek
"... paints a portrait of Mr. Trump that shows him as he is." ―The New York Times
"... a cunning volume" ―Frank Bruni, The New York Times
"... classic inside dish"―Politico
"(Lewandowski and Bossie) reveal juicy tidbits" ―New York Daily News
"... chutzpah on an epic scale" ―The Economist
"It's as close as we're likely to get to a "What Happened" from the winning side...written by the people who were in the room at the time and not filtered through leaks and second-hand anecdotes. That sets it apart from other books on 2016." ―Townhall
"...a political book can't get much better than this."―American Spectator
"...the first book to have been published by Trump campaign insiders...gossipy tidbits, of which there are many." ―New Republic
"...revealing passages of what it's like to work for Mr. Trump."
―CBS News
"Far from being dismayed by Trump's rough edges, Lewandowski and Bossie celebrate them."―Times of London
About the Author
David N. Bossie is the national committeeman for the GOP in Maryland. He has served as president of Citizens United since 2001 and is a Fox News contributor. Beginning in August 2016, Bossie served as deputy campaign manager for Donald J. Trump for President and then as deputy executive director of the Presidential Transition Team. In 2015, Bossie was ranked number two in Politico's top fifty most influential people in American politics. In 2016, he was elected Republican national committeeman from Maryland. David, proudly served as a volunteer firefighter for over fifteen years in Maryland where he lives with his wife, Susan and their four children, Isabella, Griffin, Lily and Maggie.
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As I watched and involved myself in this important AND historic election… I was time after time… dumbfounded… how the support staffs… such as the authors… didn’t crumble and literally dissolve… like the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz… from sheer exhaustion. The details in this book… make me marvel at that once again. I long ago… gave up marveling at the other-worldly-energy… of our President… Mr. Trump… who left “Low-Energy-Jeb-Bush”… and “Collapsing” Hillary… literally drowning in his wake… as he sped ahead 24/7… to the ultimate victory.
Obviously… much of what is provided in this book is old (BUT REAL!) news… but the inside detailed nuances… are delicious. Of course there is the President's fast-food diet. (Not unlike my own…. Though I never thought of running for President.) Some of the hiring history by Mr. Trump… from security personnel… to communications people… is hilarious… but hilarious… only because if you saw it in a fictional movie… you’d be entertained… but would mumble under your breath how fake that scene was.
LOYALTY… LOYALTY…. LOYALTY! How many times on the air… and in the papers we’ve heard… that that is perhaps the most important trait to President Trump… and it is certainly echoed here. As all potential readers surely remember… that one of the author’s… Corey Lewandowski… was eventually fired by “The Boss” (as they all call Trump… and certainly he is a true boss… not like Left-wing Springsteen)… and replaced with Paul Manafort… and Corey wastes no time… striking back with some inside dirt on him. “The first thing the boss said when he met Paul was, “Wow, you’re a good-looking guy,” the same words he’d said when he first met Corey. SIGNIFICANTLY OLDER THAN CORY, BY ABOUT THIRTY YEARS, MANAFORT HAD HAD SOME WORK DONE TO SECURE HIS YOUTHFUL APPEARANCE.”…
And… “Corey knew from that moment on that Manafort was a leaker. Corey could also tell good people from bad, and he could tell right away that Paul was a bad guy. And somewhere in his soul, he knew the addition of Manafort to the team was not going to turn out well. Especially for him. It is now clearer than ever that Paul was trouble. It is reported that the FBI had wiretapped Paul before and after the campaign.” ….
*AND*… “What’s the old saying? Be careful what you wish for? The day Paul sent out the press release announcing that he’s the campaign chairman has to be one of the worst of his life. Because now the spotlight is directly on, AND PAUL NEVER LOOKED GOOD UNDER THE LIGHTS---I THINK IT’S ALL THE BOTOX.”
Wow! As my old buddy Cosmo Kramer once said…. * Cuh… Cuh…. Cuh… CATFIGHT!!! *
What is simply amazing on the human side… is how loyal and positive Corey remains to President Trump… even after being fired. I’m talking about even during the end of the election when Corey was a part of the daily panel on CNN… and he had a hundred chances a night… to publicly attack Trump and didn’t. And as recent as last night when I watched him on the news pushing this book… he still comes across as the biggest Trump cheerleader…. this side of Mike Pence… and Trump himself. Another item that is really highlighted is the importance of “The Trump Air Force”… a 757… Citation X… and three helicopters… in his eventual victorious election.
Now… to answer the question… you most likely have. Why a four-star-review??? Because of the way the two (?) co-authors wrote the book… whenever… one… or the other… or both… were being discussed… which is sixty-five-per-cent of the time. Sometimes… it’s written… in the first person… second person… third person… who knows how many persons… point of view. It was very off-setting… almost at times… like being on the deck of a boat in the ocean… when you’re a person who gets seasick. The reader… almost gets a headache… and looks for something to hold on to… to balance themselves. I can’t even describe it any better… than it’s like being drunk and tipsy… in a house of mirrors.
I rarely read books, sans during school/studying. I need my info fast and from a lot of varying sources; articles, newspapers, studies, TV news, comedy , give it to me quick and from every source.
I force myself to hear all sides, I go out of my way to research what I think is the opposing view. Translating Russian and Arab newspapers, read Washington Post and the WSJ. Watching CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ALJAZEERA, and RT. I've followed and listened to Alex Jones, Ben Shapiro, Dennis Prager, and Rev Left Radio. I've watched Obama for hours read excerpts from his book Dream's of My Father, laughed hysterically to John Stewart Daily Show for years, and even the less great Trevor Noah, but Steven Colbert takes the cake.
I voted for Obama twice, think Bush is a joke wanted Kerry, and would love to have a beer with Joe Biden. Viewed Trump as a clown in 08 and 12.
You can't put me in a box, I evaluate everything with a clean slate and have history of choosing opinions and politicians based on the merits not on an ideology. God and Family guide my core but from that point forward I can be swayed on any given subject based on facts, merit and common sense.
I form my own opinions and uncover the angles after hearing all sides. I share these opinions with family and friends sometimes too passionately "I figured it out, here's the deal" or "that is what they want you to think, here's what is really going on".
Here's my cheat sheet; I tend to try and understand the motives of a person, a source, an outlet. From there you can weigh credibility as you research the other side. Newspapers want to sell papers, TV news wants ratings, Politicians want to stay in power.
If I want to know the facts about the war in Syria, I watch a few Youtube videos of Volunteers from Britain, US and Kurdish Women fighting in Syria. Most of these unedited videos are on RT or buried in YouTube searches.
I get away from the major news networks, they have agendas and motives that guide them. I look for aide workers (opinions of those who are on the ground serving and tending to the sick and injured). Human Rights Watch, International Rescue Committee I hear their stories and their opinions and then bring them back into the Global stories that I read in the mainstream media outlets to form my own opinions.
There is good and bad people all around and in every institution, party, company and government. There are people that have GOOD intentions but don't have any WISDOM. There are people with much WISDOM but BAD intentions, and there are those that simply want to just collect a paycheck and will SELLOUT to keep their job.
Millions of people voted in the 2016 election. I'd like to think I can FEEL the reasons for Hillary Votes and I'd like to think I can FEEL the reasons for Trump Votes. It's not a one side is right and one side is wrong equation, there's good, bad, sellouts, and grey's all throughout.
I started this post by saying I don't read books, and I rarely do. But I started reading the book 'Let Trump Be Trump" by Corey Lewandowski. I think everyone who has an opinion on politics regardless of where you voted or stand, should read.
Don't fall victim to the he isn't my guy, look at it opposition research... Look at it as trying to understand who the President of the United States of America is and why Millions voted for him.
If nothing else you will be able to say you looked at the same painting others have and saw what they see and answered why.
MAGA
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Dieses euphorische Fazit stammt aus der Rezension von Gary Hoitsma, die am 04.04.2018 auf der Webseite der Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research erschienen ist. Sowohl die Besprechung als auch das besprochene Buch von Corey R. Lewandowski und David N. Bossie teilen die Hochachtung vor Donald Trump, dem eine herausragende politische Begabung bescheinigt wird.
Die beiden Autoren sollten in der Lage sein, dies zu beurteilen. Immerhin haben sie in führenden Positionen für Trumps Wahlkampfteam gearbeitet. Für den unbestreitbaren Erfolg machen sie zu 99 Prozent den „Boss“, wie sie Trump gerne nennen, verantwortlich. Das eine Prozent, welches das Team beisteuerte, wird von Lewandowski und Bossie aber nicht unter Wert verkauft.
Sie schildern in sehr anschaulicher Weise die zahllosen Herausforderungen und Widerstände, die sie im Verlauf des Wahlkampfes überwinden mussten. Nicht ohne Grund gehen sie davon aus, dass lediglich ein Kandidat wie Donald Trump dazu im Stande war, all die Feindseligkeiten zu überstehen, um am Ende doch noch verdient zu triumphieren.
Für Lewandowski begann die Zusammenarbeit mit Trump im Januar 2015. Trump engagierte ihn als Manager für seinen geplanten Präsidentschaftswahlkampf. David Bossie hatte hierbei als Vermittler fungiert. Für ihn war Lewandowski genau der richtige Mann für diese schwierige Aufgabe, da er mit Trump wahrscheinlich gut umgehen konnte.
Beim Organisieren des Wahlkampfes musste Lewandowski dann bei Null anfangen. Andere Mitarbeiter von Trump verfügten nämlich über keinerlei Wahlkampferfahrungen. Dies galt sowohl für Sam Nunberg als auch für Hope Hicks. Mit Nunberg teilte sich Lewandowski zunächst ein Büro im Trump Tower, wobei die „Chemie“ zwischen den beiden Männern von Anfang an nicht stimmte.
„Let Trump be Trump“ wurde zu Lewandowskis Motto, in dessen Sinne er den Wahlkampf konsequent ausrichtete. Vom medialen und politischen Establishment wurden ihm keine Chancen eingeräumt. Es wurde sogar generell bezweifelt, dass „The Donald“ überhaupt ernsthaft kandidieren würde.
In einem Interview, welches am 05.12.2017 auf Breitbart veröffentlicht wurde, meinte Lewandowski dazu treffend: „You remember on that big, beautiful escalator ride on June 16th of 2015, the mainstream media said, ‘He’s going to come down and say he’s not running for office. He’s not really a candidate. He’ll never file the paperwork.’ Time and time and time again, candidate Trump proved the pundits wrong, tapped into what the American people saw and wanted, which was a change“.
Vor allem in der Zuwanderungspolitik und bei der Grenzsicherung wollten viele US-Bürger einen spürbaren Wandel sehen. Donald Trump war der einzige Kandidat, der sich die diesbezüglichen Sorgen der Menschen wirklich zu Herzen nahm. Um sich ein Bild vor Ort zu machen, besuchte er im Juli 2015 die Grenze in Texas. Bei den Autoren heißt es hierzu:
„One of our most important trips of the campaign was to Laredo, Texas. Stephen Miller, who had been the communications director for Jeff Sessions in the US Senate before joining our team, was the one who initially helped us draft our immigration policy. We also have to give much credit to Ann Coulter, who was a significant influence and held us accountable for our immigration policy. Miller became our top policy guy, and it was Miller who gave us the contact information for officials in the border patrol union. The local union boss invited Mr. Trump to Laredo to see the border for himself.“
Trumps Auftritt in Laredo wurde zu einem vollen Erfolg. „The Donald“ und seine Themen kamen bei den Wählern offensichtlich sehr gut an. Dieser Eindruck bestätigte sich während des Kampfes um die Nominierung des republikanischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten, wo es Trump fast mühelos gelang, ein hochkarätiges Feld von Mitbewerbern zu besiegen. Er tat dies in seiner charakteristischen Weise, die auf die politische Korrektheit keine Rücksicht nahm.
Trotz dieser mehr als positiven Entwicklung wurde die Position von Lewandowski zunehmend unhaltbar. Der „Boss“ war mit seiner Arbeit nicht immer hundertprozentig zufrieden. Trumps Familienangehörige gossen Öl ins Feuer und die Medien trugen mit ihrer negativen Berichterstattung dazu bei, ihn zu diskreditieren. Im Juni 2016 wurde er schließlich entlassen.
Ein Washingtoner Insider, der kurzfristig davon profitierte, war Paul Manafort. Er sollte Trumps Wahlkampf in die richtige Richtung lenken, wobei er aber aus der Sicht beider Autoren dazu völlig ungeeignet war. Zum Glück übernahmen schon bald geeignetere Personen die Leitung des Wahlkampfes. Neben Stephen Bannon und Kellyanne Conway gehörte auch David Bossie zur neuen Führungsriege. Lewandowski begann seinerseits als Analyst für CNN tätig zu werden. Er wollte Trump von außen weiter unterstützen.
Eine solche Unterstützung war auch dringend nötig. Die Attacken des politischen Gegners und der Leitmedien wurden in der Endphase des Wahlkampfes immer heftiger. Als dann ein Video auftauchte, in dem sich Trump als Macho zeigte, schienen seine Ambitionen auf das Präsidentenamt endgültig gestorben zu sein. Innerhalb der „Grand Old Party“ begannen sich viele Parteifreunde von ihm zu distanzieren. Dies fiel ihnen nicht schwer, weil sie dem New Yorker Unternehmer ohnehin mit Skepsis oder offener Ablehnung begegneten.
„The Donald“ machte den Republikanern jedoch unmissverständlich klar, dass an ihm kein Weg vorbeiführte. In einer Krisensitzung erklärte er kurz und knapp: „First of all, I’m going to win. And second, if the Republican Party is going to run away from me, then I will take you all down with me. But I’m not going to lose.“
In dieser fast aussichtslosen Lage erwies es sich als äußerst hilfreich, dass man es mit den Clintons zu tun hatte. Bill war für seine eigenen sexuellen Eskapaden bekannt, die von Hillary stillschweigend gedeckt wurden. Daher fiel es Trump und seinem Team nicht schwer, eine Pressekonferenz mit einigen Frauen abzuhalten, die mit den Clintons noch alte Rechnungen zu begleichen hatten. Wie diese Episode demonstriert, konnte der „Boss“ nicht nur Tiefschläge einstecken, sondern er war selbst im Austeilen keinesfalls zu unterschätzen.
Als am Wahltag dann die Stunde der Wahrheit nahte, sah es zunächst nach einer verheerenden Niederlage für Trump aus. Bossie erinnert sich daran, wie er telefonisch von Chris Vlasto, einem ABC-Produzenten, über die ersten Ergebnisse informiert wurde. Im Buch heißt es: „Vlasto had the early exit numbers that the consortium of news networks — the Associated Press, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News — had collected. The consortium followed eleven battleground states, including Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Trump was down in eight of the eleven states by five to eight points. The news was devastating. A kill shot.“
Die Wähler ließen Trump aber nicht im Stich. Nach und nach sah es für ihn im Trump Tower besser und besser aus: „The flip seemed to happen in minutes; Trump went from forty thousand down in Iowa to up the same number in the blink of an eye. When he did, the bedrock under Manhattan began to tremble. At 10:21 p.m., the networks called Ohio for Trump and the famous skyline began to shake and sway. At 11:07, North Carolina fell. The island split wide open when Florida tumbled at 11:30.“
Das Team des frisch gewählten Präsidenten wurde durch den Wahlsieg aber erheblich unter Druck gesetzt. Der „Boss“ hatte es seinen Mitarbeitern nämlich ausdrücklich untersagt, sich vor dem Wahltag auf einen potentiellen Wahlsieg vorzubereiten. Erst jetzt, wo der Sieg sicher feststand, durften sie sich damit befassen, all die Probleme anzugehen, die mit einem Machtwechsel im Präsidentenamt einhergehen.
Dementsprechend entwickelte sich die Transformation nicht so reibungslos, wie es wünschenswert gewesen wäre. Bei der Verteilung von Regierungspositionen wurden nicht alle berücksichtigt, die sich für Trump stark gemacht hatten. Selbst Bossie und Lewandowski gingen leer aus, was sich allerdings nicht schädlich auf ihre unerschütterliche Loyalität zu Trump auswirkte.
Beide waren und sind stolz darauf, für den „Boss“ gearbeitet zu haben. In ihrem Beitrag „Let Trump be Trump and he'll sail through 2020“, der am 05.12.2017 in The Hill publiziert wurde, schreiben sie dazu:
„We were part of a small team who witnessed history. No matter what the media will say about investigations and the Congressional slow-walking of Trump’s legislative agenda, nobody can take away the rollercoaster ride of a businessman who was initially given zero chance to be president. Even on election night, when it was clear that the media, pollsters and talking heads were all completely wrong about Trump, the media refused to give Trump his due. History was made and we were there.
We let Trump be Trump on the campaign trail, and if the people surrounding Trump right now will allow Trump to be Trump, the president will easily win a second term and all will end well.“
Insgesamt gesehen ist es den Autoren gut gelungen, den Lesern einen Einblick in jenen Wahlkampf zu geben, der sich gegen alle Widerstände behauptete. Natürlich ist zu berücksichtigen, dass ihr Blickwinkel nicht objektiv ist. Dennoch ist das Buch gerade wegen seines authentischen Charakters empfehlenswert.
Corey Lewandowski und David Bossie haben ihren Teil dazu beigetragen, dass ein neues Kapitel in der Geschichte der amerikanischen Präsidentschaft aufgeschlagen werden konnte. Auf diese historische Dimension verweist auch Jeffrey Lord in seiner Rezension der Arbeit, die am 20.12.2017 im American Spectator veröffentlicht worden ist. Unter dem Titel „They Helped Let Trump Be Trump“ führt er aus:
„Let Trump Be Trump is but an early entry in the tales of the Trump presidency. The parade is in fact just getting started. Already so much has happened in the first year of the Trump presidency — a presidency that exists in part because of the efforts of Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie and an inevitable cast of others — that history writers and readers will be busy for a very long time absorbing the tale of the 45th presidency.“
Dem kann man nur zustimmen.
Jürgen Rupp













