… House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had been working toward this night for four years. For her, election night in 2016 had been a nightmare, and she was determined not to allow a repeat in 2020. “That night was like getting kicked in the back by a mule over and over again,” she said in an interview. The California Democrat recalled thinking that night about Trump’s surprise victory: “It can’t be true. It can’t be happening to our country.”
Pelosi added: “You understand that this is not a person of sound mind. You understand that. You know that. He’s not of sound mind …
By Michael Wolff
Forty-five years ago, when Bob Woodward and Carl Bernsteinâs âThe Final Daysâ came out, it was a different world: There was no cable news, no internet and no social media, and the political establishment offered at least the illusion of being in control. The Watergate scandal, culminating in Richard Nixonâs resignation, presented a riveting series of public events â hearings, trials and so on â but that left it open to Woodward and Bernstein to tell the story of what had been going on behind the scenes.
âLandslide: The Final Days of the Trump White House,â Michael Wolffâs third book about Donald Trumpâs presidency, after âFire and Furyâ and âSiege,â faces a different challenge in recounting Trumpâs political demise (for now). Penetrating a buttoned-up White House was not the issue, because Trump ran his administration as a public performance. Nixon spoke calmly in public and ranted and curse