The First Wave Of Post-Trump Books Arrives. And They Fight To Make Sense Of The Chaos
Authors are unearthing fresh details on the pandemic response and election fallout. The difficulty they face discerning the truth and meaning from all of that reflects the turmoil of the Trump years.
by Danielle Kurtzleben
Jun 30, 2021
3 minutes
When the Wall Street Journal's Michael Bender wrote his book about Donald Trump's 2020 defeat, one section stuck out as particularly difficult: telling the story of what Bender dubbed "Hell Week-And-A-Half."
"It was the ten days in 2020 that started with the super spreader event in the Rose Garden, included the Trump's disastrous debate with Joe Biden in Cleveland, and then Trump himself obviously testing positive for COVID a few days later," Bender said.
It's not just that it was a lot to fold together; it's that simply figuring out what
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