Trump, the blue-collar president

Anthony Scaramucci

Book - 2018

Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci tells the inside story of how Donald J. Trump, a billionaire living on Fifth Avenue, identified the struggle of blue-collar Americans, and won the Presidency. This is the comeback story for America and Americans. Both Wall Street and Main Street are now thriving and will continue to do so under our current president and his economic policies. Scaramucci shares his insights and stories from his long-term relationship with President Trump.

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Published
New York : Center Street 2018.
Language
English
Main Author
Anthony Scaramucci (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
viii, 287 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781546075929
  • The billionaire blue-collar president
  • The great America
  • From schlemiel to mensch
  • The Grand Old Party
  • Going to Hartford
  • Down for the count
  • The art of the comeback
  • Because I'm an idiot
  • The Apprentice
  • SALT
  • Our paths converge
  • D-Day
  • The loophole
  • Alburquerque
  • Election night
  • Welcome to the White House
  • The call
  • Expiration date
  • The twelfth day.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

America's richest president voices the aspirations of the working class, according to this admiring portrait by a Wall Street financier. Scaramucci (The Little Book of Hedge Funds) was the Trump administration's communications director for 11 days in 2017 before he was fired for a profane on-the-record rant. The book's last section is another White House tell-all targeting staffers Reince Priebus and especially Steve Bannon, who Scaramucci describes as peddling a self-aggrandizing narrative to the press and blames for the harshness of Trump's immigration policies. Before settling those scores, Scaramucci cites his own blue-collar family history to paint Trump as the champion of workers victimized by globalization and unfair trade agreements. In his telling, Trump is a quick study, a charismatic communicator who oozes authenticity, and a mensch who actually hates to fire people. Writing in colorful, punchy Long Island-ese-"It's not a matter of whether you're going to get fucked in Washington, it's just a matter of when"-Scaramucci makes an engaging case that Trump addresses some working-class concerns in a substantive, appealing way. He's less convincing when he skirts the upper-income bias of Trump's tax cuts or calls himself "a pro-union person" while endorsing curtailments of union bargaining rights. Scaramucci's depiction of Trump-and, implicitly, himself-as working-class heroes often rings hollow. Photos. (Oct.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.