Rating: 8.3/10.
A biography of Trump in graphical novel format. This book was written after Trump won the republican primaries (May 2016) but before he won the presidency (Nov 2016).
First, the book describes the political and economic circumstances that led to Trump coming into power. After the 2008 financial crisis, many low-skilled Americans felt like there was little economic opportunity for them. Many politicians had come and gone, promising change, but nothing happened. For them, Trump represented a change from the political establishment. They didn’t necessarily agree with all of his policies, they just wanted something radical.
Trump was born after WW2 to a wealthy family in New York City. He studied economics and managed a real estate empire for a few decades, which made him a billionaire. Through his deals in real estate, he proved himself a cunning and ruthless negotiator who is willing to behave unethically and use deception to get what he wanted.
This was a good read because most of my friend group just thinks Trump is “stupid”, and everyone who voted for him is stupid. I never really understood why he was so popular among the other demographic. As a biography, the graphic novel format is good because it’s much shorter; most other biographies go into way too much detail about a single person’s life than I care to know about.
