In 17 on-the-record interviews with Woodward over seven volatile months - an utterly vivid window into Trump's mind - the president provides a self-portrait that is part denial and part combative interchange mixed with surprising moments of doubt as he glimpses the perils in the presidency and what he calls the 'dynamite behind every door'. At key decision points, Rage shows how Trump's responses to the crises of 2020 were rooted in the instincts, habits and style he developed during his first three years as president. Revisiting the earliest days of the Trump presidency, Rage reveals how Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats struggled to keep the country safe as the president dismantled any semblance of collegial national security decision making. Rage draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with first-hand witnesses as well as participants' notes, emails, diaries, calendars and confidential documents.
Возвращаясь к первым дням президентства Трампа, Rage показывает, как министр обороны Джеймс Мэттис, госсекретарь Рекс Тиллерсон и директор национальной разведки Дэн Коутс боролись за безопасность страны, поскольку президент ликвидировал любое подобие коллегиального принятия решений по национальной безопасности. Rage опирается на сотни часов интервью со свидетелями из первых рук, а также на заметки участников, электронные письма, дневники, календари и конфиденциальные документы.