For people who paid attention in 2020-2021, the book holds no real surprises.
As the cover states, the book is a thorough account of politics and machinations in the final year of the Trump administration. Well-written.

Well-reported book. Basically a very extended newspaper article. This is not meant as a criticism. Provides significant insights from a variety of perspectives on the closing days of the Trump Administration.

It's a shame that this book will never be read by those that still idolize Trump. Fascinating and scary reading at the same time....kind of like watching a train wreck! As a Canadian, I never understood how someone like Trump even got his foot on the political ladder - he showed you who he was and still ended up as president. And all because you didn't "like" Hilary Clinton.

I ALONE CAN FIX IT by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker is the sequel to their bestseller A Very Stable Genius and in this case documents "Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year." It felt at times as though this book should come with trigger warnings, especially as we are currently dealing with the consequences of his (in)actions, hearing about the continued vaccine hesitancy, and watching COVID numbers rise. Leonnig and Rucker are Pulitzer-prize winning reporters for The Washington Post and use their many professional contacts to describe events, meetings, and conversations about the start of the pandemic, the lead-up to the 2020 election, and its aftermath. Much to consider and reconsider here with the role of the Wuhan Lab being just one example. Others are the role of advisors (including the military and General Milley in particular); separation between governing and political optics (e.g., the Lafayette Square photo op), race relations and divisiveness in America. This book (described elsewhere as "essential reading," "meticulous history," and "bombshell reporting") will be invaluable to future students trying to understand our time. I ALONE CAN FIX IT received a starred review from Kirkus.

An astonishing, disturbing
and downright disgusting
chronicle of the last year of the most unhinged moron to ever hold the POTUS title and a scathing look at all the dangerous
and dimwitted sycophants that enabled him to blow his worthless presidency sky-high. A mind blowing read that really left me totally speechless and utterly exhausted by the end. I usually give a wide berth to that type of books but this time around I have no regrets to have spent a few hours devouring this devastating account of American presidential ineptitude.
I could spend many hours dissecting this captivating book but unfortunately I don't think that my blood pressure would welcome it at the moment. A higly recommended publication
to be enjoyed without any moderation whatsoever!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Penguin for giving me the opportunity to read this very disturbing ARC