“A Warning,” a behind-the-scenes book authored by an anonymous Trump administration official that takes a critical look at the president, has replaced Donald Trump Jr. Donald (Don) John TrumpTrump mocks Newsweek over story on Thanksgiving plans Mia Farrow resurfaces photo of Trump sons with dead leopard after signing of animal cruelty bill Juan Williams: Trump has nothing left but smears MORE’s “Triggered” as the No. 1 nonfiction book on The New York Times's bestseller list.
In the latest list released by the newspaper this week, "A Warning" is the top-selling book in the publication’s “Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction” category. Trump Jr.’s book, which was released Nov. 5, now sits at No. 2 on the list amid controversy over reports of bulk purchases made of book made by the Republican National Committee.
The success of “A Warning,” which was released Nov. 19, arrives two weeks after Hachette Book Group, which published the piece, said the book received a record number of pre-order sales.
The new book, which was authored by the same individual who wrote a bombshell New York Times op-ed last year detailing efforts of resistance within the Trump administration, is described by the Times’s list as offering “an assessment of the president and makes a moral appeal.” It remains unclear whether the author still works in the administration.
The book has already been met with opposition from allies of the president, including former White House press secretaries Sarah Huckabee Sarah Elizabeth SandersBill Press: Mulvaney proves need for daily briefings White House correspondent April Ryan to moderate fundraising event for Buttigieg White House press secretary defends lack of daily briefings: Trump 'is the most accessible president in history' MORE Sanders and Sean Spicer Sean Michael SpicerSarah Sanders defends Trump: He reads 'more than anybody I know' The Hill's Morning Report - Witness transcripts plow ground for public impeachment testimony Sean Spicer eliminated from 'Dancing with the Stars' MORE, who have said the book reads as if it was written by somebody who is not close to Trump.
“It doesn’t read to me like somebody that’s spent real time with the president,” Sanders said of the book during an appearance on Fox News on Sunday.
She also pushed back against claims made in the book that officials had to slim down their briefing materials to a single key point in order to make the information easier for the president to understand.
“He takes information from a number of people, very quickly processes it, makes a decision and moves forward,” she said. “I mean, I've watched this process play out so many times, sat in hundreds of meetings with the president, and the idea that he can only take in one or two bullets is absurd.”
When Fox News’s Steve Hilton brought up claims during her appearance that the president “doesn’t read briefings,” Sanders exclaimed: “He reads more than anybody I know.”
“Every single foreign trip we actually would laugh about the fact he has boxes upon boxes, file boxes where he reads for hours,” she said. “The rest of us want to take a break, we want to sleep, the president works the entire time."
TheGreatOpoponax on November 29th, 2019 at 16:22 UTC »
I guess she doesn't realize her job as Trump's lead chimpanzee shit-flinger is over.
He reads more than anybody I know.
Good god. How does she not burst into flames when she says things like that?
r1chard3 on November 29th, 2019 at 16:11 UTC »
Can’t expect the RNC to choke up $200,000 every week can we? Don’t know how they’re supposed to explain to the election commission just giving Trump’s kid that kind of money.
WilliamWolfe001 on November 29th, 2019 at 15:51 UTC »
Daddy bought the little loser a #1 book slot..Trumps are natural born NON performers..