''Understanding Trump'' is a 2017 book about
Donald Trump, the
45th president of the United States, by
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U ...
.
Synopsis
Newt Gingrich describes his time being with Donald Trump during his
2016 campaign. The book also contains a
foreword
A foreword is a (usually short) piece of writing, sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Typically written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the ...
written by Trump's son,
Eric Trump.
Writing
Speechwriters Joe DeSantis and Louie Brogdon developed the first draft for ''Understanding Trump''.
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Reception
In the first week of its release, ''Understanding Trump'' sold over 37,000 copies. The book eventually topped '' The New York Times Hardcover Non-Fiction Best Sellers list on July 2.
Jake Nevins of '' The Guardian'' wrote that the book is "filled with Gingrichian platitudes of this sort. They don't exactly help us "understand Trump," though they do offer a look into the rhetorical acrobatics one might employ to defend the indefensible."George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
and George W. Bush as part of the "elite left".
References
External links
Official website
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Understanding Trump
' preview on Google Books
Presentation by Gingrich on ''Understanding Trump'' at the National Press Club, June 16, 2017''Washington Journal'' interview with Gingrich on ''Understanding Trump'', June 18, 2017
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2017 non-fiction books
Books about Donald Trump
Books by Newt Gingrich
Center Street (publisher) books