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Fear

Trump in the White House

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Fear

By: Bob Woodward
Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
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 THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
THE OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR

‘Fear is a meticulously researched account of a White House and a president in financial, legal and personal disorder . . . essential reading’ Daily Mail

THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT.

With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and documents. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One and the White House residence.

Fear is the most intimate portrait of a sitting president ever published during the president’s first years in office.

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'I think you’ve always been fair' President Donald J. Trump, in a call to Bob Woodward, August 14, 2018

'The sheer weight of anecdotes depicts a man with no empathy and a pathological capacity for lying' Financial Times

'Fear depicts a White House awash in dysfunction, where the Lord of the Flies is the closest thing to an owner's manual' The Guardian

'Though his books are often sensational, he is the opposite of sensationalist . . . He’s Washington's chronicler in chief' Nick Bryant, BBC

'Horribly fascinating. Strongly recommended. If you can bear it' Richard Dawkins

'He is the master and I'd trust him over politicians of either party any day of the week' New York Times

'Woodward is truth’s gold standard' Washington Post©2018 Bob Woodward (P)2018 Simon & Schuster UK Politics & Activism Politics & Government Presidents & Heads of State United States World Scary Thought-Provoking Suspenseful Russia

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enjoyed it. As much as anything else it is actually somewhat balanced and doesn't exaggerate the importance of various debacles. some of the witnesses do seem self serving Linsey Graham being the prime example. There is little that is unbelievable in this based upon Trump's public behaviour.

balanced and the text is served well by narration.

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A candid insider play by play, however not as damning as you would assume. Woodward does not insert his opinion. He lets over voices tell the vivid story of the ever unraveling White House saga. Who knew it was so tightly wrapped, that layers and layers later, the bureaucracy is still unraveling. Maybe the government does have too much government built up over history to be effective?
The book is well researched and reads like you are a mouse in the corner of the Oval Office. Amazing that Woodward got so many to people to go on record. I’m really not a fan of the president, however it softened my view of him slightly. I still think he is lawless and think he is above the law, but the book reveals a side that the left might want to see, or at least attempt to take onboard. Maybe a small sliver of him is genuine about rebuilding the economy even if he still has little grasp how the economy actually works, why checks and balances are there(he is a prime example), or that he works for the American people. He really does think he should be loved without question. I thought that was a charade before listening to this book. Thanks Bob Woodward! Awesome book.

Candide insider play by play. Not as damning as you would assume.

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Bob Woodward does a thorough job but I find there isn’t much new or shocking revealed in this book. Trump is a charlatan who needs to go sooner rather than later. Woodward sometimes almost flatter him by giving him the benefit of the doubt as to whether an action has some forethought or strategy behind it, which I seriously doubt.

Nothing really surprising

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Interesting inside story on the chaos of the white house. Even his harsehst critics probably don't realise just how incapable this president really is and how much he needs babysat.

Eye opening

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The only downside, and its probably the same of a lot of audible books with similar content, is its hard to remember which character is which and what position they hold. Yes its mentioned at first and the names come up all the time, but referring back isn't that easy. I'd suggest making a note of some the characters early on and doing a bit of research outwith the book.
Overall all though, it was a pretty good and informative read which sometimes makes your jaw drop and wonder how on earth this man managed to make a dime in business, far less get himself into the highest political position on the globe. In short - He is off his head !!!

Complex but enjoyable and listenable

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