The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017 - 2021
by Peter Baker
View on GoodreadsPeter Baker and Susan Glasser's comprehensive single-volume history of the Trump presidency — broader and more measured than the breathless real-time books, written with the benefit of hindsight.
Core ideas
- Treats the four years as one continuous story rather than a sequence of scandals — the through-lines (norms erosion, personnel chaos, performative grievance) become legible.
- Heavy reliance on named sourcing inside the administration; the picture that emerges is consistent across hundreds of interviews.
- The presidency wasn't hijacked by Trump's worst instincts intermittently — it ran on them as its operating principle.
Published2022
Pages725
ISBN9780385546546
ReadOct 2022
