Mr. Trump's Wild Ride

The Thrills, Chills, Screams, and Occasional Blackouts of an Extraordinary Presidency

De: Major Garrett

Narrado por: Major Garrett

A chronicle of the Trump administration's first term from the inside perspective of a White House press correspondent.

Major Garrett has been reporting on the White House for nearly two decades, covering four different presidencies for three news outlets. But if he thought that his distinguished journalistic career had prepared him for the unique challenges of covering Donald Trump, he was in for a surprise.

Like many others in Washington, Garrett found himself having to unlearn many of his own settled notions about the nature and function of the presidency. He also had to separate the carnival-like noise of the Trump presidency from its underlying substance. For even in its first half, Trump’s tenure has been highly consequential.

In Mr. Trump’s Wild Ride, Major Garrett provides what journalists are often said to do, but usually don’t: a true first draft of history. His goal was to sift through the mountains of distracting tweets and shrieking headlines in order to focus on the most significant moments of Trump’s young presidency, the ones that Garrett believes will have a lasting impact. The result is an authoritative, mature, and consistently entertaining account of one of the strangest eras in American political history.

A consummate professional with unimpeachable integrity, remarkable storytelling skills, and a deep knowledge of his subject earned through decades of experience, Garrett brings to life the twists and turns of covering this White House and its unconventional occupant with wit, sagacity and style. Mr. Trump’s Wild Ride should place him securely in the first rank of Washington journalists.

"Garrett's assessment of Trump manages the difficult task of being both hard-hitting and even-handed, as well as smartly entertaining...The result is one of the best accounts yet of Trump's impact." — Publishers Weekly

A Must Read

This is a very interesting and informative book. Major Garret documented dates and events and helped put together a timeline.

This is Really Wild

I liked the fact that Mr. Garrett was there and actually heard and saw what transpired. There were several times that I found that his facts made what did occur clearer. I think the book is highly recommended to anyone who finds the political field strange at this time.

A Great Book

Major Garrett's Mr. Trump's Wild Ride is a great book. Expecting and wanting a criticism I was surprised to find that it wasn't even an explanation of Trump and his presidency. It is a description. So it gives much more information about how and why things are and happened. Well worth the read.

Major is superb

Written in a factual way, this reporter’s retelling of the (almost) first two years of the Trump administration is spot on.

Mr Trump's Wild Ride

Extremely detailed narration of Trump's first 20 months or so in office. It does require close attention to keep track of the huge cast of characters and their behaviors.

Very wordy in terms of adjectives, adverbs, turns of phrase, which also requires close attention to follow the narrative, but that may have been in part because I used the audible version without the benefit of the visible breaks of paragraphs and punctuation, though as a long-time professional transcriptionist, I can usually "hear" the punctuation in a narrative.

Overall, he seems to be rather sympathetic to Trump's efforts and limitations, at least trying to be balanced in his descriptions, more so than the prior two major recent publications in the topic. I cannot speak to which is more accurate, but I suspect Trump's admirers would prefer this version.