I highly recommend checking out Jonathan Vankin’s revelatory nonfiction book, CLOSE TO ZERO: HOW DONALD TRUMP FULFILLED HIS APOCALYPTIC VISION AND PAID HIS DEBT TO PUTIN WITH A DEVASTATING BIOLOGICAL WARFARE ATTACK ON AMERICA. Despite the flamboyant subtitle, this well-researched book is an extremely thoughtful and perceptive analysis of the final year of Trump’s tenure in the White House. I've heard several of Vankin's recent podcast appearances, all of which have been impressive. Vankin’s sober (and alarming) analysis should not be discounted out of hand. At the very least, you should read the first chapter of the book before deciding whether or not Vankin is out of his skull. Spoiler alert: He's not.
By the way, I think this book is even more illuminating when read in conjunction with my 2021 nonfiction book, OPERATION MINDFUCK: QANON & THE CULT OF DONALD TRUMP. If read back-to-back, these two books paint a pretty clear picture of what was happening behind the scenes of the MAGA Propaganda Machine during the final months of Trump's presidency.
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