I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book was so fantastic. I really loved the research that was done. It was refreshing to read good points about the president after hearing the left blast him for the past 4 years. If you are a conservative, you will enjoy this book. If you are liberal, it might be nice for you to read it and see that good things were done by Trump despite what you were being told.

Newt Gingrich is a long standing political figure in the Republican party. He was an advisor to President Reagan and help get the 1994 Contract with America passed through Congress. He is a personal friend of President Trump and offers insight style of leadership that many people don't understand. It's sad that very few people will read this with an open mind and follow the logic and insight that Mr. Gingrich offers. This man is a prolific author and has several outstanding titles dealing with American history. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book was a very well written explanation and exploration of the ideas and views of President Trump. Gingrich is the perfect person to assess Trump since he is an excellent politician with some questionable history in his personal life. Instead of defending Trump as a person or human, this book defends and explores his ideas and plans for actually improving the country. It is easy to listen to the media twist everything Trump says and does but it is not easy to investigate his actual ideas and why he appeals to so many people. This book addresses several areas of concern to America at this time. Any honest and self-aware critic of Trump would have to admit that he has not received fair or unbiased media coverage. I like that this book addresses all the l controversial topics and policies including BLM, immigration and climate change. This book isn't simply for fans of Trump or the Republican Party, its written for people to understand the how and why behind how Trump thinks and how its going to affect America over the rest of his term as President of the United States.Thanks so much to Netaglley for the ARC.

It was ok. That's what my two-star rating is.

I began Newt Gingrich's Trump's America in an effort to understand what President Trumps appeal is. A little more than 50% in I had to give up. It is true that Gingrich writes this in an approachable, precise, and captivating manner but I couldn't help but feel like this America that in some aspects, this "Make America Great Again" never existed. Or at least it never existed for people like me... or my parents... or grandparents.

If we're going back to those times when Freedom of Speech (as long as it's spoken in English) was not in peril, that would also mean it was in peril for someone else. If we went back to this America they speak of when no one disrespected the flag and stood during the National Anthem (that many should study the history of because it's actually quite racist), I still must figure he doesn't mean me as well. I grew up pledging allegiance (daily in middle school) and am still unaffected by it. I'm neither more or less patriotic for having done so.

I won't even get into the police thing and the BLM he decries because I absolutely admonish any acts of hatred against the blue, but I also know the angst I feel when being pulled over in Highland Park as I drive my late model Nissan Murano is real. The numbers are real that minorities and poorer neighborhoods are ticketed more often. Oh... and please put your hand down in the back who wants to scream well "y'all" commit the most crimes. There's seriously no reason why a driving infraction should result in the loss of my life if I comply with all the officers orders. The America that was so great they want to return to would allow police to be judge and jury. Why not just offer cops a noose. It was just as efficient in the America that we want to return to...

I GET IT. Gingrich is suggesting Trump is only interested in putting America's needs first, and I'm not against that. But there are a lot of countries that have been devastated economically by the beast that is America. We want clothing cheap, food cheap, and America doesn't care who's country we have to pillage in order to make that happen. That's a "them" problem.

Don't get me wrong. I love this country but we love playing slight of hand with the truth.

Either way... once Gingrich got into the regulations that impose sanctions on a global warming that's not even happening or are many years away according the Gingrich... I just had to stop. Believe me, I tried to give this read an impartial try. I genuinely want to be able to see a middle ground where in some alternate reality I could come to stomach Trump... but instead I just kept getting more and more unhappy with this read.

I choose to be stingy with my time. It's extremely precious. Thanks Newt Gingrich for trying to help me understand Trump's America. This one was simply an "ok" for me. Based on it's readability... I couldn't give it a 1-star. That just wouldn't be fair... but then again... this is Trump's America, I can do what I want and not be fair to anyone or anything. Patrice's feelings are first.

Copy provided by Center Street via Netgalley

When I read books by Gingrich or hear him speak, I always wish that I could sit in on one of his American history classes. It’s certainly a loss that he’s no longer teaching via college classes; however, I suppose more people can benefit from his teaching via books.

Typical of Gingrich, “Trump’s America” is well organized into sections within each of the 16 chapters to make it easy to understand the subjects of each chapter. Gingrich gives background and history to each of the governmental areas he covers as well as how Trump is addressing these current day problems.

In spite of his conservative views and Republican membership, Gingrich speaks well to all Americans – regardless of their political leanings. He addresses issues ultimately affecting all Americans and concerns we should all seek to understand. This is information critical to our well being as American citizens. His purpose is not to sway voters to one side or the other, but rather to educate. I highly recommend this book.

My thanks to NetGalley and Center Street Publishers for an advanced reader copy of this book. This review will be published on GoodReads, Amazon and Public Library of Anniston-Calhoun Co.

I expected to hate this book, but I was wrong…

Americans, even the most jaded liberal, generally accept that the mainstream media doesn’t care for Donald Trump and is more than a bit biased toward the left, Obama, and Clinton. Newt Gingrich has documented in Trump's America: The Truth about Our Nation's Great Comeback what Trump has done to meet his campaign promises and the steps he has made toward his agenda of making America great again, because the media has reported so little positive. I didn’t read the description before I nabbed this book. I just thought I’d see what Gingrich said about Trump’s America, expecting it to be mostly political posturing and bluster with some pertinent data now and then. I expected to hate this book overall while finding nuggets of useful truth. Why? Because I hate comb-overs (petty, I know), wince at Trump’s sometimes strange tweets, and I haven’t trusted him (or any other politician) to keep his campaign promises.

I grabbed this book because I thought this book might be a decent way to catch up on current events and Trump-age. I have a confession; I don’t watch political news that closely anymore because, frankly, I don’t trust the media or the American political system. I’m tired and I’ve lost the idealistic faith in our country that had me tromping through the snow in New Hampshire with other college students going door-to-door campaigning for Reagan. I think I’m a pretty average American in that. I mean, don’t you sometimes want to just scrape our whole entrenched multitude of elitist, rich, clueless, condescending politicians right out of their offices and start over? Don’t you sometimes long to throw them all out, get a fresh crop, establish term limits, give candidates all the same amount for campaigning, and just start over with zero professional politicians, zero elitists, and get some people in DC who actually understand what it’s like to be regular American? Well, Trump comes as close to a non-professional politician as it’s possible to get. And he’s got the plain speaking down… but how is he actually doing as President?

Trump’s America is a blow-by-blow explanation of some of the major actions and policies that Trump has made so far in office in many areas, including immigration, freedom of religion, trade, free speech, economic policies, tax cuts, judiciary appointments, healthcare, fake news, the rule of law, bureaucracy, addiction, welfare reform, and our expansion into space.

Each book section discusses the steps taken, historical context, the anti-Trump view, the impact on Americans, etc. It was surprisingly informative and while I didn’t agree with a few things…Okay, I have to mention one: Sorry, Mr. Gingrich, but some dust actually is a problem that needs to be regulated. It’s not the dust that rises as you drive down the gravel road; it’s the dust from a newly plowed field on the American plains when entire layers of topsoil are being swept through the air at 35-65 miles per hour causing the street lights to come on at noon. Standing there, bracing yourself against the wind and trying not to breathe in all that burnt-rubber scented dust, you remember the tales of the Dust Bowl and how the great endless cloud left thousands across multiple states choking with dust pneumonia, decimated the local economies, and actually reached DC , darkening the skies there. (Climbs off soapbox.)

I left this book feeling as if I just took a refresher crash course in civics and government, past, present, and hopeful future. I was surprised at the accounting of how many campaign promises and how much real work Trump has accomplished since he took office. Trump’s America is a dense read with a lot of explanations and historical/background data, an appendix of Trump’s speeches, and a lot of endnotes. Mr. Gingrich was thorough and his backup data is comprehensive.

I reached the end convinced that while we haven’t enacted my pet plan of scraping DC down to the bedrock and populating it with non-professional political idealists, Trump might be better due to his past experience in business and his no-nonsense get-it-done-or-get-out-of-my-way attitude. He’s blunt, plain-spoken, and sometimes a little over the edge, but he’s actually making headway in helping ordinary Americans have a higher wage, attracting American businesses and dollars back to America, returning to a more orderly and sustainable plan for immigration, etc. He’s not perfect, he’s polarizing, and he’s not always politically correct, but Trump has been good for America. Surprisingly good.

Highly recommended for those with open minds or a Republican/Trump bent. Die-hard liberals will probably just want to set their book on fire.

I received this book as an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) through NetGalley. My opinions are my own.

Trumps America: The Truth About America’s Great Comeback by Newt Gingrich was received directly from the publisher. Newt was the architect of the Contract With America and was the actual driving force of the budget surpluses during the Clinton years while he was the Speaker of the House. Nowadays he does political commentary and writes fiction and non fiction books, in case you didn’t know. The books intent is to document the changes that America has undergone in the first 18 months of President Trumps administration. This includes, but is definitely not limited to, national pride, unprecedented job creation and the rebuilding of the military, since you will hear none of this in the mainstream media. This book will show you how Trumps America is sick and tired of the status quo where is doesn't matter if a Republican or Democrat is “in charge,” since nothing ever changed. We can only hope that Trumps America will continue to vote with common sense for the country, not because “every politician (except mine), should be voted out." The current course correction should continue. If you believe in Make America Great Again or if you only watch the mainstream news, you should definitely give this book a read. Let the hater comments start now....

This is Newt Gingrich's honest approach about how Trump is making America great again. It's hard for the common person to see the changes because of the strife the media shows. I stopped watching the news when Dan Rather left CBS and all news became was a tv show of the things the media want you to see. What a circus the media has become. You can clearly see that Trump is different from anything we have ever seen and change scares people. It has become clear though that they can not control him and he is a force to be reckoned with whether or not we will admit it. Making America great again is something a lot of Americans want to happen.

Our founders invoked our Creator four times in the Declaration of Independence. Our currency declares, “In God We Trust.” And we place our hands on our hearts as we recite the Pledge of Allegiance and proclaim we are “One Nation Under God.” Our rights are not given to us by man; our rights come from our Creator. No matter what, no Earthly force can take those rights away. That is why the words “Praise be to God” are etched atop the Washington Monument, and those same words are etched into the hearts of our people.

I enjoyed the book and the views spoken by the author explaining some of the anti-Trump political propaganda. Five stars. I received a ARC copy to read and give my honest opinion.