Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump Audiobook (Free)
- 12 h 0 min
- HarperAudio
- 2020-05-19
Summary:
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women-also a fresh York Times bestseller-comes a poignant, news-making look at the lives of the five former presidents in the wake of their White House years, like the surprising friendships they have formed through shared perspective and empathy.
After serving the highest office of American government, five men-Jimmy Carter, the late George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama-became members of about Group of Five: The Presidents Membership in age Trump the world’s most exceptional fraternity. In Team of Five, Kate Andersen Brower goes beyond the White colored House to uncover what, exactly, comes after the presidency, supplying a glimpse into the complex relationships of these five former presidents, and how each of these guys views his put in place a nation that has been upended by the Oval Office’s current, norm-breaking occupant, President Donald Trump.
With an empathetic yet critical eye and firsthand testimony through the Carters, Donald Trump, and the top aides, friends, and family of the five former presidents, Team of Five takes us inside the exclusive world of the powerful men and their own families, including the unlikely friendship between George W. Bush and Michelle Obama, the last private visits Bill Clinton and Barack Obama distributed to George H. W. Bush, as well as the Obamas’ airline flight to Hand Springs after Donald Trump’s inauguration. This insightful, illuminating reserve overflows with anecdotes about how the ex-presidents will work to combat Chief executive Trump’s efforts to undo the achievements and effort accomplished during their own terms.
Probably most poignantly, Team of Five sheds light around the inherent loneliness and inevitable feelings of powerlessness and frustration that include no longer being the most important person in the world, but a leader with only symbolic power. You can find ways, though, that these males, and their wives, have grown to be powerful political and cultural makes in American lifestyle, even while so-called “formers.”
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