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Author Biography
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Eric G. Blair
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Eric G. Blair believes democracy is humanity’s best hope for scattering power widely and achieving a fairer distribution of a society’s wealth. With a background in politics, research, and writing, he explores the intersections of psychology, governance, and narrative. His work is driven by a conviction that the health of any society depends on how honestly it questions those who hold power, and how equitably that power is shared.
Synopsis
This book is a psychopolitical journey through the life, reign, and return of Donald J. Trump — told not as a linear biography, but as a fifteen-act tragedy where politics and spectacle merge, and the health of a democracy is tested in real time.
We begin in Queens, where a boy is raised under a father’s cold creed: there are only killers and losers. Military school sharpens his defiance into dominance. By the time he steps into Manhattan’s skyline, he is already building not just towers, but the myth of “Trump.”
The acts move through his rise in real estate, his mentorship under Roy Cohn, the birth of “politics as performance” via reality TV and wrestling, and the weaponization of grievance politics after the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner humiliation.
We witness the 2016 election, the transformation of the Oval Office into a stage, and the corrosion of institutions — from Charlottesville to January 6. The “Teflon” paradox emerges: every scandal fuels the brand.
Post-presidency, we follow a man besieged by trials, yet lifted by a fervent base. The 2024 campaign is both a revival tour and a final gamble. Along the way, there are loyalty-driven appointments, norm-shattering executive actions, and moments when America teeters on the brink: immigration raids, cities under federal control, and foreign policy in freefall.
The narrative builds in crescendo: from the boy in Queens to the global figure who may yet define — or destroy — the American experiment. The question hangs over every page: Will he or will he not? Return? Fall? Take the system down with him? Or pass into history as the man who turned politics into the ultimate reality show?
By the final act, the reader is left in the uneasy space between ending and prologue — where the curtain never quite falls, and the stage remains lit.
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