Mr. Book just finished Rough Beasts: Who Donald Trump Really Is, What He’ll Do If Re-elected And Why Democracy Must Prevail, by Greg Olear.

The author accurately summed up the situation when he wrote, “A second Trump administration would bring about the end of American democracy, full stop. Academics who study authoritarian movements, scholars of fascism, foreign correspondents and government employees who work in other countries and know first-hand what corrupt autocracies look like—I’ve interviewed quite a few of these experts on my podcast over the last three years—are in consensus on this.”

There were excellent discussions on Trump’s lying, his life of crime, his abuse of the pardon power, his handling of COVID, his actions as the insurrectionist in chief and most importantly, what would would happen if he returns to the presidency.

I give this book an A+, which means it is inducted into the Hall of Fame. I was tempted to only give it an A, since it should have been longer, but then decided the content was enough to overcome that. Goodreads requires grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, an A+ equates to 5 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

This review has been posted at my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews, and Goodreads.

Mr. Book originally finished reading this on June 24, 2024.