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Quick Review If you have any questions about how you can get involved in post-election America, this is a great place to start.
On November 8, 2016, Donald Trump was elected to the highest elected office in the nation. On January 10, 2017, Gene Stone’s The Trump Survival Guide was published. In two months and two days, Stone put together a comprehensive speculation on the many things that could possibly go wrong in the following four years.
My biggest issue with the book is how quickly it was sent to press. It is evident the book was written and published in haste because it is riddled with minor grammatical errors. However, the facts in the book do not have the same fault. It is well researched.
The book is tackles twelve issues separately. Each issue is started with an apropos Trump quote or tweet. Followed by a brief overview of the issues history in the US, what Obama did in regards while in office, what Trump could do, followed by a What You Can Do section, and a list of important books to read. Though it does not cover every issue imaginable it touches on the hot button issues from economics to women’s issues and health care to LGBTQ.
It is nowhere near unbiased; incredibly left leaning. But what did you expect with a title like The Trump Survival Guide Everything You Need to Know About Living Through What You Hoped Would Never Happen. I loved it. It was short and sweet. I finished it in a few hours. It dealt honestly with really difficult subjects. There was an underlying sense of humor about the entire thing, though. Trying to bring a smile to the reader’s face even in the darkest of times because for those of us who did not vote for this president, that is exactly what these are: dark times.
Memorable Quotes
“From the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century, white terrorism against non-white communities spiked…”
Title: The Trump Survival Guide
Author: Gene Stone
Publisher: Dey St.
Copyright: 2017
ISBN: 9780062686480
