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Understanding Trump Hardcover – Illustrated, June 13, 2017
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Donald Trump is unlike any president we've ever had. The only person ever elected to be commander in chief who has not first held public office or served as a general in the military, Trump's principles grow out of five decades of business and celebrity success — not politics.
The president owes his position to the people who believed in him as a candidate, not to the left-wing government and media who have expressed contempt for him since his first day on the campaign trail. Trump has enacted policies and set goals that send our country in a bold new direction — one that is "unreasonable" to Washington elites but sensible to millions of Americans outside the Beltway.
With Understanding Trump, Newt Gingrich provides unique insight into how the president's past experiences have helped to shape his life and style of governing, including a thorough analysis of how President Trump thinks and makes decisions, as well as his philosophy, doctrine, and forward-thinking political agenda.
Discover Trump-style solutions for national security, education, health care, economic growth, government reform, and other important topics. In this eye-opening book, Gingrich also investigates and exposes the forces in the Washington establishment, media, and bureaucracy that oppose the president at every turn.
Finally, Understanding Trump explains the president's actions so far and lays out a vision for what Americans can do to help make President Trump's agenda a success. With your help, President Trump will be able to overcome corrupt interests in Washington and fulfill his promise to make America great again.
- Print length368 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherCenter Street
- Publication dateJune 13, 2017
- Dimensions6 x 1 x 9 inches
- ISBN-101478923083
- ISBN-13978-1478923084
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- Publisher : Center Street; Illustrated edition (June 13, 2017)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 368 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1478923083
- ISBN-13 : 978-1478923084
- Item Weight : 1.3 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 1 x 9 inches
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NEWT GINGRICH is the former House Speaker and 2012 Presidential Candidate. Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor and To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine are three of his 14 New York Times bestsellers. He is a regular guest on national political shows.
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Customers find the book engaging and well-written. They enjoy reading about a leader and are immersed in the content. The author provides sound ideas on how things should proceed.
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Customers find the book insightful and well-written. They appreciate the author's unique perspective and analysis of the President. The book provides factual information and a plan of action.
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Customers find the writing quality good. They say the author is articulate and explains complex topics clearly. They appreciate the well-thought-out analysis of the President's approach and personality. The book details Trump's goals in an easy-to-understand way.
"...enjoyed Newt's reading of his book, the dynamic, personable and spellbinding speaker that he is, that I know I made the correct decision to 'listen'..." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2017Please read this: I have to get this out to you while this book is just launched - I pre-ordered the book (and audio CD's) following the heady days of election victory, inauguration, and the numerous keeping of campaign promises. While awaiting the book's release, the national media and Democrat Party have put Americans under unrelenting siege of negativity, adhering to their long-held weapon of the "seriousness of the accusation is more important than actual facts". I survived it all okay, up through the Comey Congressional testimony that Donald Trump is not, nor ever was, under FBI investigation for possible collusion with the Russians to rig the Presidential election. Finally, that media lie can be put rest, or so I thought. Then, they immediately dropped the Russian bull-crap campaign and switched to the brand new assault of 'obstruction of justice'. Another of their "we have the person, now we just have to find a crime to accuse him of". It was then that the book and CD's arrived at my home.
But by that time, I was so exhausted by the media's constant bruising that the new Gingrich material just sat on my table.
Now, to my point: Today, I went against my depressed mindset and began to listen to the unabridged reading of the book by Newt on the CD's and found myself almost immediately uplifted and ready to fight back, anew.
Please don't allow the ebbs and flows of media coverage and the cowardly position of entrenched Republican elites to dampen your desire to understand President Trump better.
P.S. Although I am thoroughly enjoying this book, I have not yet finished it. So, I am withholding a 5-star rating only because of that.
UPDATE 6/27/2017: Finished the book (audio CD set), and just had to add another star! 5 stars total. Newt did his homework, being the historian that he is. There is so much fascinating information, for which Newt provides support, that I know I'll re-visit this book again. I so enjoyed Newt's reading of his book, the dynamic, personable and spellbinding speaker that he is, that I know I made the correct decision to 'listen' to this benchmark in presidential history writing.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2017This is an awesome book. I pre-ordered the Kindle version and somehow also ordered the audio addition (which I did not need).
Newt Gingrich has been around a long time and is very intelligent and savvy. He is also a historian and I learned a lot from this book. I wish he were a daily Advisor in the White House--someone our @POTUS can trust!
I was for President Trump from the beginning and still proudly support him. At times during the campaign it seemed like David and Goliath. It was one of the most exciting nights of my life when President Trump won! The book takes you back to the Inauguration and I relived it. It starts years before that however.
Draining that swamp is not going to be easy. Fake news and Russia Russia Russia is not appealing to people who care about the economy, jobs, and terrorists. Newt lays out a lot of great ideas for the future.
I was raised by hard core Democrat parents and was 10 when JFK died. JFK would be considered a conservative today... more so than a lot of Republicans. I voted for Ronald Reagan and my brothers and I were Republicans. Our parents voted for Obama but the last years of their lives they were disillusioned with him and where our country was heading.
I have hard core Democrat relatives and some of them don't speak to me anymore because of Trump! That is a sad state of affairs. I wish our country could come together and at least respect each individual's right to have their own political beliefs.
Not sure how Democrats or far left would react to this book but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2017Gingrich offers both insights and suggestions on Trump,the Washington swamp, press, immigration, tax reform, healthcare reform, political agendas and incentives that could make a difference in this Administration's accomplishments. Worth the read. It provides basis for analyzing the current events, real and fake news, propaganda and talking points offered by each side in the political elite's efforts to unethically control minds. For liberals it will provide insights to the oppositions as well as opportunities for compromise; for conservatives it will endorse beliefs and lay-out options for compromise and conciliation.
Read it. If it makes you mad--reconsider what your really angry about (your truth or the media's "truth). If it makes you sure you are right--reconsider because something is wrong with your thinking.
Gingrich's message is America needs compromise and progress not yes/no, white/black, Liberal/Conservative, Republican/Democrat decisions. We need politicians that work across isles, across agendas, and find solutions that wont be perfect--they will be better.
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Delia MoranReviewed in Canada on November 3, 20205.0 out of 5 stars Good read.
Good read. By author who understands Washington DC.
lichiReviewed in Mexico on June 24, 20175.0 out of 5 stars Trump is a genius, lke it or not!
Newt Gingrich holds your insterest all the way through even though many things we know but. many we don't and its a great political Reading.!
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Once a soldier...Reviewed in Spain on July 5, 20185.0 out of 5 stars Premonitorio.
Explica en profundidad la experiencia del autor durante los dos años en que ha asesorado a Trump, durante la campaña y después de su inauguración. Es premonitorio en tanto que adivina el tratamiento que los medios iban a dar al presidente: Guerra sin cuartel. Hacia el final se hace un poco académico con la aportación de soluciones y sugerencias para la presidencia pero la lectura es bastante entretenida en general. Antonio Escohotado, en un reciente artículo, apunta una idea que Newt Gingrich escribe aquí: Tanta gente se ha hartado de la manera tan descarada de manipular la información que han votado a Trump por llevar la contraria a esos medios.
KURIAN ABRAHAMReviewed in India on August 23, 20175.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Excellent book
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DIRK BERNARDReviewed in Germany on August 8, 20175.0 out of 5 stars Notwendige Lektüre
In den Zeitungen kann man sich ja nicht über Trump und seine Politik informieren, da dort ja nur mit Gift und Galle operiert wird. Deshalb: Notwendige Lektüre, und ja, Gingrich kann schreiben, hat nette Anekdötchen und vor allem wird einem klar, warum der Mann gewählt wurde.



