Trump books everywhere
Want to make a bundle?
Write a book about Donald Trump.
Trump books have been in high demand since he took office in 2017.
According to the British newspaper The Guardian 无毛视频� 无毛视频渢here were more than 4,500 English language books about Mr. Trump that have been published since January of 2017.无毛视频�
There无毛视频檚 even been one book about the books about Trump, written by the Peruvian American journalist named Carlos Lozado titled, 无毛视频淲hat Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era.无毛视频�
A book about the books about somebody might seem to be a bit unusual. But I can无毛视频檛 knock it, since this is a column about the books about somebody.
If you followed that logic 无毛视频� congratulations.
I haven无毛视频檛 read any of the Trump books, including that one about the books about him.
I don无毛视频檛 have the time or the patience to sift through the finer points of a presidency that had so few fine points.
Instead, I wait for the 无毛视频渆xplosive无毛视频� excerpts that take up so much oxygen on the 24-hour news channels, in advance of their authors breathlessly repeating what those excerpts already revealed.
It seems that every other week, I无毛视频檓 seeing Bob Woodward (the Washington Post无毛视频檚 legendary investigative reporter) talk about the shortcomings of the Trump White House, with his latest book.
He无毛视频檚 written (or co-written) three so far, going back to 2018.
无毛视频淔ear,无毛视频� was followed by 2020无毛视频檚 无毛视频淩age,无毛视频� and last month he and journalist Robert Costa published 无毛视频淧eril.无毛视频�
That无毛视频檚 three Trump books, compared to only two he wrote about Barack Obama during the entirety of his eight-year presidency.
Woodward无毛视频檚 21 books have given him 13 No. 1 national best sellers.
I wonder when he无毛视频檒l write a book about writing books.
He无毛视频檚 that prolific.
It started when he and fellow legendary Washington Post coworker Carl Bernstein penned that chronicle of the downfall of Richard Nixon, 无毛视频淎ll the President无毛视频檚 Men,无毛视频� back in 1974.
无毛视频淧eril,无毛视频� though (judging from the initial excerpts, and the seemingly nonstop array of Woodward and Costa TV interviews) seems like they无毛视频檙e beating a dead horse.
But that无毛视频檚 just me.
Mary Trump, Donald无毛视频檚 niece, released, 无毛视频淭oo Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World无毛视频檚 Most Dangerous Man,无毛视频� in July of 2020.
She无毛视频檚 been called on to provide family gossip ever since.
Fact is, former Trump insiders who无毛视频檝e felt they无毛视频檝e been somehow wronged by him have written books that could fill the shelves of some bookcases.
Michael Cohen, Trump无毛视频檚 longtime attorney, wrote: 无毛视频淒isloyal: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump.无毛视频�
Trump dismissed Cohen无毛视频檚 book as sour grapes. But it still earned Cohen a legitimacy in the media 无毛视频� as a man who knew where 无毛视频渁ll of the bodies无毛视频� of the Trump presidency were buried.
John Bolton, Trump无毛视频檚 onetime national security adviser, published 无毛视频淭he Room Where It Happened,无毛视频� in June of 2020.
He无毛视频檚 since gone public with the belief that his former boss was unsuited for the presidency.
Back when he performed his publicity rounds for his book, he made sure to drop little tidbits about Trump无毛视频檚 unsuitability.
无毛视频淭rump did not know whether or not Finland is part of Russia,无毛视频� he wrote and repeated in interviews.
The most recent Trump tell-all book (providing none has been published since I started writing this) comes from his former press secretary, Stephanie Grisham.
Grisham无毛视频檚 time as press secretary was muted, because she never held a single press briefing 无毛视频� which is an oddity for that position.
Yet, she无毛视频檚 out front nowadays, revealing such odd information as to how there was somebody designated as the White House 无毛视频淢usic Man,无毛视频� who无毛视频檇 play a song from the musical 无毛视频淐ats无毛视频� to calm down the president.
Grisham also dishes on former first lady Melania Trump.
She claims that Melania Trump didn无毛视频檛 believe her husband无毛视频檚 denial of an affair.
That she was quoted as saying, 无毛视频淗e got himself into this mess. He can fix it by himself.无毛视频�
And we all know that Trump once famously said, 无毛视频淥nly I can fix it.无毛视频�
Maybe somebody will write a book revealing if he has.
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 40-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.