I read this in the interest of seeing what our president-elect has in store. What I understood:
1. He'll get tough on OPEC
2. He'll get tough on China (there's a whole chapter about this)
3. He'll lower taxes
4. He'll pay for #3 by getting tough on China and OPEC.
5. He'll reduce spending by getting tough on fraud.
6. America needs to get tough in foreign policy. Especially with the following countries:
China
Russia
Iran
Pakistan
Libya
7. Too many people on welfare.
8. Obamacare is literally Hitler. He'll get tough and repeal it.
9. He'll get tough on illegal immigration.

I just summarized each chapter of the book. You're welcome.

Well. It is over. I'd like to say that I took better notes than [b:Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again|26891268|Crippled America How to Make America Great Again|Donald J. Trump|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1445051632s/26891268.jpg|46942195], but this one was harder to listen to while at work without me needing a break after half an hour. I listened to this mostly while driving and so my notes are unfortunately lacking. No surprise here though, there are a lot of false statements and bended "half truths" that people can easily fall for when they do not do their own research and believe everything said by Trump.

I research everything. Even when my candidate (or anyone) of choice claims something I agree with I still find at least 2 or 3 sources to back up that statement. Maybe I'm a super nerd, but mostly I think it is due to not wanting to be wrong. Not in the sense that I believe everything I say is right and I need to be right, but I have a personal responsibility to spread the facts/data/truth even if I thought something different.

Anyways, this book was basically a rip on President Obama and was written during his first term. It warns the public about how dangerous a second term for Obama will be. Ooops it happened and we can compare his predictions to what actually happened between 2013-2017. Trump hates on Obama, republicans, OPEC, China, The Middle East etc. I prefer to see constructive criticism and more professional statements, which this book definitely lacks as well as a high reading level. Compared to [b:Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again|26891268|Crippled America How to Make America Great Again|Donald J. Trump|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1445051632s/26891268.jpg|46942195], it has a lower reading level and you can tell it was either maybe? Trump who wrote this one, or a different ghost writer. A big BIG BIG problem I had with this book was the repetition. If I have to hear him say "It's time to get tough!" one more time I might scream. There is an artistic way to have repetition as a motif and this is not the way to do it. It's almost a filler to make the book longer or to remind the reader, "Hey! Remember you're angry!" Speaking of anger, the tone is super aggrieved and resentful. This does work great when looking at how a reader who agrees with Trump and is mad at Obama would be enthralled with each chapter. But, I think my complement mainly goes to [a:Malcom Hillgartner|3037067|Malcom Hillgartner|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and his narration since it captures the tone so well and he has an excellent voice.

Trump claims Obama took more vacations than other presidents; he didn't. Bush took more and surprise Trump has currently taken more in one year than Obama in both terms and also Trump's have cost more.
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Trump claims Obama added more debt. Specifically, that he added more than ALL other presidents combined. More complicated answer, but that is MOSTLY false due to debt being cumulative as well as his first term was Bush's budget and plan. As well as inheriting multiple problems the U.S. was dealing with at the time which contributed to the debt (War on Terror/September 11th, Hurricane Katrina, the Recession).
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Trump claims "tens of millions of gallons crude oil leak into the ocean naturally from the sea floor" so the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill was "no big deal." Wrong again, I did the math also:
160,000 Metric tonnes of natural oil leaks = 176369.809748 U.S. tons = 5,600,571.372 gallons per year for the entire ocean
BP Oil spill = 210,000,000 U.S. gallons in 87 days OR 881,034,482.759 gallons per year ONLY for the Gulf of Mexico
2,413,793.103 gallons per day for BP
15,344.0316 gallons per day naturally
natural oil leaking each year is only 0.635% of the amount that was released during the 87 days of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
And I'm not even going into volume yet. Obviously the volume of the entire ocean is larger than the Gulf. Looking at just surface area, the world ocean is 361,132,000 square kilometers and the Gulf is 1,550,000 square kilometers. Meaning that the Gulf of Mexico is 0.43% of the entire ocean surface area and had so much more oil dumped in that small space than the entire ocean receives each year. Okay, so math wins this time! And that is the end of notes I took in which I could accurately research.

Overall, this book was much less tolerable than "Crippled." My only real positive is that is would definitely do a good job at enraging those who dislike Obama and that the narration was great. Otherwise, the notes I took on these "facts" *surprise surprise* show that he indeed lied and twisted his words to manipulate the opinions of his followers.

I read this book to get an understanding of Donald Trump's philosophies. It helped.

I was curious about Trump's positions when he rose in popularity over the summer. This book has all the details you could want about Trump's plans for America, should he become president. It includes everything from tax reform to trade deals and foreign policy. He has his ducks in a row, as everything is cited and footnoted to support his policies.

The book is easy and quick to read, since the font is large and the lines are one-and-a-half or double spaced. I brought it with me on a camping trip, and it was an enjoyable past time. I didn't feel bored or overwhelmed with boring details. He gets to the point quickly, and you can hear his distinctive voice in your head as you read.

If you are curious what Trump is all about, pick up this book. I got the 2011 version (he is going to release an updated 2015 version this fall) used on Amazon for very cheap. The original hardcover price was about $27...not sure if I'd pay that price for it.

Worth your time, if you are into politics.

Who read this piece of garbage and gave it more than one star? I wouldn't even give it one star if there were a way to give it a lower rating. Trump needs to learn how to calculate percentages of the national debt, how the legal system works, and how international tariffs work, to name just a few things.