Power Line
Steven Hayward
May 19, 2018
The constant refrain of Trump’s critics on the left and right is that he is a demagogue, and that he is shredding important democratic “norms.†Also, that his White House is a scene of complete and utter chaos.
As it happens, I have come into possession of a forthcoming memoir, heretofore unseen by the public, by a close insider to Trump who has left the inner circle. It is sure to make a splash when it is published. Here are a few key excerpts that bear out the charges:
His knowledge of political and constitutional history and theory is distinctly limited. During all the time I was associated with him I never knew him to read a serious book. . . In the years of my association with him, he has never evidenced any appreciation of the basic philosophical distinctions in the history of American political thought. . .More...
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