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Great Again?

America during and after Trump

Provocative, challenging but with the ever-reasonable voice we are so familiar with from the BBC's 'Today' and 'Americast', Justin Webb presents the argument that Trump is not all bad. That with the buffoonery and chaos there is also humour and drive. That in any case, in many areas Trump had the backing of a wide range of Americans, including many who did not particularly like the man himself. His second administration was in response to what came before. And also to social media, and circumstances no president had previously had to deal with. He made his opportunities and also surfed a wave. And while for him the wave may have broken, for America it is still rolling.

This is book about America – the one that exists now and the one that’s emerging, with Trump or without him, for better or worse. Trump did not get re-elected with a plan. He is as much an algorithm as a man, iteration built on iteration. So what got him elected? How should the Democrats respond? What happens next and what will it all mean for us?

About Justin Webb

JUSTIN WEBB is the longest serving presenter of BBC Radio 4's flagship news and current affairs programme 'Today' and is a co-presenter of the podcast 'Americast'. For the best part of four decades, he has been a voice on the airwaves or a presence on our TV screens. He joined the BBC in 1984 as a trainee, and has reported from around the world, as a war correspondent in the Gulf and in Bosnia, on the break-up of the former Soviet Union and the first democratic elections in South Africa. He was Europe Correspondent when the Euro was introduced, and for eight years he was the chief correspondent in Washington DC. Among his awards is Political Journalist of the Year, which he won for his coverage of the Obama presidential campaign. He's a regular columnist in The Times and for the Unherd website. He lives with his family in South London.
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  • Imprint: Transworld Digital
  • ISBN: 9781529988093
  • Length: 356 pages
  • Price: £9.99
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