It seems to be a completely different characteristic versus other ones but i will say that is characteristic of the political system in general. Things tend not to get resolved and blow up and we are in a very hyper partisan, hyper polarized deeply emotional time in the National Debate and a lot of that is reflect it in and created by the Trump White House, so that is different and i think the atmosphere is reflected well in this book to the extent thats what you see in thand kind of what you get wn you see the white house. Host anonymous calls his or her book a warning, and it protects and talks about but this is a threat to democracy. Guest they definitely take a strong position on whether or not hes qualified for the office that he holds and is trying to give advice with a titlthetitle of the warning to e who are valuing their choices for 2020. And his or her strong suggestion is that anyone who may have supported President Trump before should rethink that decision this next time. A
A previous oped by the author gets at least this particular person into details about some anecdotes. In an anonymous book as opposed to with your name attached to it or keeping it to your self and thats an issue a lot of people are going to be looking at or keep quiet until youve left the administration. Host you are at the white house every day. What did you learn . Guest . Over the last two and a half years. People were asked to boil down their talking points to one bullet point even as opposed to three or five. That is known at this point. It doesnt make the book less important but its not i dont think landing with a major impact because a lot of what is in here is stuff that has become conventional wisdom. Host is there anything that you said thats not true . Guest im not in a position to say that about some of the things in here. We get a lot of access that we are certainly not in the room for everything for all of the comments that he make us. So im really not in the position to
Cspan2. Now on book to be jeff mason and joel klein discuss a warning which is reported for a behindthescenes look from a Trump Administration from an anonymous source. You been around this town for a long time did you learn anything from anonymous . I dont think anything is startlingly new in the basics, its a critique of term presidency that we heard a lot in red in the same author in the New York Times and ominously, i think you learn the depth of the concern of this particular person and interesting details about antidotes. I thought one thing that was interesting was to learn the rationale for addressing this in this fashion and in an ominous book as opposed to with your name attached to it or keep it to yourself. I think thats an issue that a lot of people will look at the book and trying to figure out why do it this way and why attaching name to it or keep quiet until you left the ministration. Your down at the white house every day, what did you learn. A did distill some things
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Booktv and nonfiction books and authors, booktv, television for serious readers. Booktv, on cspan2, the key west literary seminar held annually in florida. We will hear from several authors, and politics and literature, Time Magazine columnist and joe klein. Good morning. It is a pleasure to be back here. Joe and i were just comparing socks, crucial political issue. You can see he has the best ones. [applause] and so numerous and varied. And the fact that joe told me i have a few Public Service announcements. Since we are coming to the [applause] it has been your joy. The endorphins going crazy in my brain. And and against the idiot hordes on the stage. On your panel the other day. The idiot hordes came after be with primary colors, she defended me too and defended the act of writing anonymously. Dont screw up my questions. And young cubanamerican High School Teachers who may be in the audience today with dinner last night in miami and inspirational to hang with them and an observation