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Fiona Hill's new Trump-era memoir is less about Trump than it is about us

Fiona Hill's new Trump-era memoir is less about Trump than it is about us

FromNPR's Book of the Day


Fiona Hill's new Trump-era memoir is less about Trump than it is about us

FromNPR's Book of the Day

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Length:
8 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In her memoir, Fiona Hill extends her riveting testimony from Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. And while she might not dish as much dirt as other Trump-era memoirists, the former senior National Security official writes movingly about Trump and about polarization and other threats to American democracy. She points to Russian history to suggest that distrust in government and political systems can lead to collapse. And while she describes Trump as the symptom of that division and distrust, she also says he put a spotlight on what needs fixing.
Released:
Oct 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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