David Grann Quotes
If I could require the president to read one book, it would be Cormac McCarthy's "The Road". I gives a sense of the fragility of the world. Plus each sentence is very short -- about the length of a tweet.
This is a woderful example of the brilliant use of language. In response to a typical question literati are asked about reading recomendations for Presidents, he makes a seeiming innocuous recomendation that is withering in his criticism of President Donald Trumps dislike of reading anything extensive and detailed and his penchant for tweeting. It is insulting but very subtly so,
David Grann, Interview, The New York Times Book Review, April 30, 2017
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Northam, then the Virginia Lieutenant Governor, was campaigning to be the Virginia Governor. President Donald Tump had been in office less than 4 months, but his approval rating was the lowest in the early stages of a Presidential term of any President since such a measue had been made. Most of the hostility toward Trump was based on his personal characteristics, his prevaricationsm, and inconsistency. However, no politican in modern history had run for a high State position by attacking a President with such strong terms. However, many psychologists and psychiatrists also agreed with Northam who was a Physician as well as a politician.
There were many people who thought that much of Donald Trump's bizarre behavior was political theater to win the election and that if we were elected, he would shortly normalize his behavior and actions. However, he did not. Then many thought that some of his moore experienced key cabinet officials would normalized him, but they too failed.
President Donald Trump was extremely egocentric
While Bannon was more critical of anyone who disagreed wiuth him than most, it was unusual for a conservative to use such harsh tems about a conservative presidential administration.
David Elliot Grann is an American journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and a best-selling author.
