Rage

Bob Woodward

Sep 2020 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Rage is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest.

Woodward, the #1 international bestselling author of Fear: Trump in the White House, has uncovered the precise moment the president was warned that the Covid-19 epidemic would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency. In dramatic detail, Woodward takes readers into the Oval Office as Trump’s head pops up when he is told in January 2020 that the pandemic could reach the scale of the 1918 Spanish Flu that killed 675,000 Americans.

In 17 on-the-record interviews with Woodward over seven volatile months—an utterly vivid window into Trump’s mind—the president provides a self-portrait that is part denial and part combative interchange mixed with surprising moments of doubt as he glimpses the perils in the presidency and what he calls the “dynamite behind every door.”

At key decision points, Rage shows how Trump’s responses to the crises of 2020 were rooted in the instincts, habits and style he developed during his first three years as president.

Revisiting the earliest days of the Trump presidency, Rage reveals how Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats struggled to keep the country safe as the president dismantled any semblance of collegial national security decision making.

Rage draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand witnesses as well as participants’ notes, emails, diaries, calendars and confidential documents.

Woodward obtained 25 never-seen personal letters exchanged between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who describes the bond between the two leaders as out of a “fantasy film.”

Trump insists to Woodward he will triumph over Covid-19 and the economic calamity. “Don’t worry about it, Bob. Okay?” Trump told the author in July. “Don’t worry about it. We’ll get to do another book. You’ll find I was right.”

Ratings and reviews

It is now downloaded into my ebook library. This is likely one of the most important books published in many years! I have already read so much about the current administration - but I feel that Rage is the definitive book because of its timing in exposing contradictions in public and private statements and secret hidden communications. It lays out and substantiates very devious behaviour over the course of many months. The timing of the release of this book is so crucial because of the acutely critical need for the most accurate and up to date information available - provided by one of the most responsible, accredited, respected and acclaimed investigative journalists. For those of us who cherish truth, good honest dependable leaders, government and jurisprudence - this is a clarification of what is true and what is false. Society needs this book desperately! Literate people have compelling written events and facts to ponder along with other well documented sources. Thank you so much!

Unpretentious bold and controversial it's account brings us back to the days of Woodward and Bernstein the Watergate scandal through legendary journalist Bob Woodward. Journalism has changed as a whole over the past four decades but not in the sense of Bob Woodward's style. He is revolutionary from the beginning and his approach is accepted in modern times as the norm in journalistic writing. We've come far as a society

Very factual book, based on many hours of interviews with Trump. Not biased at all as few 1 star reviews (from dubious accounts) would have you believe. I found it less entertaining and engaging than Fear, but of course this was not written to entertain, rather just to give an account. There is some author's own opinions in the prolog and epilog, but other than that it's very factual.

About the author

Bob Woodward is an associate editor at The Washington Post, where he has worked for more than 50 years. He has shared in two Pulitzer Prizes, one for his Watergate coverage and the other for coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has authored 21 bestselling books, 15 of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers.