A year at the circus /
by Sopel, Jon [author.].
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BookPublisher: London : BBC Books, 2019Description: xxii, 313 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781785944376 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 973.933 SOPSubject(s): Trump, Donald, 1946- | United States. White House Office | History | History | United States -- Politics and government -- 2017-Summary: At the heart of Washington, there is a circus. It's raucous, noisy and full of clowns. Reporting on it is a daily cacophony. Four major stories can blow up and blow out before breakfast, and political weather systems are moving at warp speed. In this book, BBC North America Editor, Jon Sopel, takes you inside Trump's West Wing and explores the impact this presidency has had on the most iconic of American institutions. Each chapter starts inside a famous Washington room, uncovering its history and its new resonance in the Trump era. You are invited to step inside the Oval Office where Trump called for loyalty from FBI Director James Comey, and experience life as a reporter in the Briefing Room, where the tense relationship between the media and the President is played out. Guiding you through these rooms, Jon reveals the inner workings of the Trump White House and details the key moments and conversations that have unfolded within its walls.
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| 973.933 HAR Collusion : | 973.933 KLA The despot's apprentice : | 973.933 LEW The fifth risk : undoing democracy / | 973.933 SOP A year at the circus / | 973.933 SPI The briefing : | 973.933 TRU Too much and never enough : how my family created the world's most dangerous man / | 973.933 WOL Fire and fury : inside the Trump White House / |
Includes index.
At the heart of Washington, there is a circus. It's raucous, noisy and full of clowns. Reporting on it is a daily cacophony. Four major stories can blow up and blow out before breakfast, and political weather systems are moving at warp speed. In this book, BBC North America Editor, Jon Sopel, takes you inside Trump's West Wing and explores the impact this presidency has had on the most iconic of American institutions. Each chapter starts inside a famous Washington room, uncovering its history and its new resonance in the Trump era. You are invited to step inside the Oval Office where Trump called for loyalty from FBI Director James Comey, and experience life as a reporter in the Briefing Room, where the tense relationship between the media and the President is played out. Guiding you through these rooms, Jon reveals the inner workings of the Trump White House and details the key moments and conversations that have unfolded within its walls.
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