{"product_id":"book-cvjq","title":"The Best People","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engrossing look at the Trump cabinet: the scandals, the incompetence,  the assault on the federal government, the bungled attempts to impose  order on an administration lost in a chaos of its own making.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eDonald Trump promised a return to national greatness, but each day of  his presidency seems to bring a new crisis, a deepening sense of  national unease. Why, and how, has he failed his supporters? And how has  he, on occasion, bested his detractors? \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Best People \u003c\/i\u003etakes complete measure of the Trump administration, to  grasp with clarity the president and his intentions, and how those  intentions are being carried out-or subverted-by the people he has  hired. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Alexander Nazaryan argues that the \"assault on the administrative state\"  promised by Steve Bannon in early 2017 never came. What the American  people got instead was Wilbur Ross hauling his tennis pro to  confirmation hearing preparations; Scott Pruitt running away from  rattlesnakes; Reince Priebus enduring insults from junior White House  staffers. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAnd yet, bungling as Trump's cabinet members have been, they have  managed to either damage or arrest many of the gears that make  government run. They have given away public lands to oil companies and  allowed corporate lobbyists to make decisions about what is best for the  American people, and  have done it all while flying on private jets and  dining at the finest restaurants, at taxpayers' expense. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Meticulously reported and enthrallingly told, \u003ci\u003eThe Best People\u003c\/i\u003e takes  readers inside the federal government under Trump's control, a  government assailed by the very people charged to lead it, a government  awash in confusion and corruption. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49349162303792,"sku":"BDcvjq","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49349162336560,"sku":"ZEcvjq","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cvjq-cover.jpg?v=1767829562","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cvjq","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}