Never Enough
Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success
by Michael D'Antonio


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BOOK REVIEW by OnTheIssues.org:

This book is a solid biography of Donald Trump, written in anticipation of the 2016 presidential race. But because Trump was never a serious politician prior to 2015, there's just not a lot of political detail here. It does include a thoroughly-researched history of Trump's business dealings as well as his personal life.

Those last two do have SOME political implications (see our excerpts) but the rest provide much more background than most 2016 voters will care about. Nevertheless, this is the first serious political biography of Trump, and deserves to be read by pro-Trump voters and anti-Trump voters. Perhaps skimming the sections above -- or just reading our excerpts.

-- Jesse Gordon, jesse@OnTheIssues.org, February 2016

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Budget & Economy     Sought NYC deal with $4M property tax break.

Civil Rights     OpEd: "bigotry" was more like racial insensitivity.     Well-educated blacks have advantage over whites.

Crime     1989 full-page newspaper ads: "Bring Back the Death Penalty".

Drugs     1991: Illicit drugs should be decriminalized.

Energy & Oil     Wind energy projects are industrial monstrosities.     Offered to oversee response to 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Foreign Policy     Offered himself as Cold War nuclear-arms-treaty negotiator.

Health Care     Criticizes immunizations for children, and other science.     Shifted from favoring universal care to opposing ObamaCare.     Ebola virus in America is Obama's fault.     Stockpile treatments against future pandemics & bioterrorism.

Homeland Security     Opposed gay marriage but supported gays serving in military.     1965: opposed Vietnam War but never joined protests.     1969: Drew high draft lottery number, and never got drafted.     Vietnam war was mistake; I'm grateful that I stayed civilian.     Bush should have caught Osama bin Laden.

Jobs     Opposed to casinos on Indian reservations.

Principles & Values     A germophobe: constantly washes hands; dislikes handshakes.     2011: Obama's birth certificate is hiding something.     Birtherism: demanded that Obama produce birth certificate.     OpEd: Obama's grandmother never said he was born in Kenya.     OpEd: Obama doesn't have the psychology of a winner.     OpEd: Lifelong dance of mutual manipulation with the press.     Sent to military academy because of childhood rebelliousness.     People want positive inspiration.     I've always been rebellious and very set in my ways.

Tax Reform     OpEd: One-time wealth tax could cause stock market collapse.

Welfare & Poverty     OpEd:"dog-whistle" racist language links "welfare" & "black".     Sought to exclude welfare recipients from his residences.

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