I Alone Can Fix It

 
　　關於川普執政的最後一年──災難性的2020年，在白宮內發生的事，從未被完整揭露。當美國政府未能有效控制疫情，導致超過50萬人病故，總統身邊究竟發生了什麼事？在川普拒絕接受選舉結果，並散播關於大選的不實訊息後，是誰的意見影響了他？為了解答這些疑問，兩位普立茲獎得獎記者聯手挖掘真相，在本書中揭露令人震驚的細節，呈現失能政府的內部運作實況。
 
　　聚焦川普及他身邊的關鍵角色──醫生、將軍、資深顧問、川普家族成員等，透過來自當時身處橢圓形辦公室內的人員所提供的第一手訊息，里昂尼格和拉克針對川普政府執政任期內，震撼而毀滅性的一年，寫下這部詳盡的分析報告。當川普一次又一次，將個人利益置於國家之前，這些第一手資訊來源的提供者，親眼見證了他為了在選舉前鞏固自己的形象，意圖部署軍隊，壓制因佛洛伊德之死而展開的抗議行動，以及他拒絕嚴肅看待疫情，甚至讓他自己與身邊的幕僚陷於染疫的風險之中。
 
　　這是個關於一個國家如何被自己的領導人，在經濟、醫療、政治上重創的故事，並以2021年1月6日的國會大廈襲擊事件達到劇情的高峰，作者重現了這起震撼全球的事件，呈現川普支持者如何輕易毀壞了美國民主中最神聖的所在，以及總統對此有何回應。
 
　　透過空前的第一手資料，本書解析了究竟是誰讓川普能尋求連任、緊握權力不放，又是誰使他遭受挫敗。這部令人心跳加速的傑出報導作品，注定將在未來數十年內，成為學者與公民研究此段歷史的重要素材。(文/博客來編譯)

　　The definitive behind-the-scenes story of Trump's final year in office, by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, the Pulitzer-Prize winning reporters and authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller, A Very Stable Genius

　　The true story of what took place in Donald Trump’s White House during a disastrous 2020 has never before been told in full. What was really going on around the president, as the government failed to contain the coronavirus and over half a million Americans perished? Who was influencing Trump after he refused to concede an election he had clearly lost and spread lies about election fraud? To answer these questions, Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig reveal a dysfunctional and bumbling presidency’s inner workings in unprecedented, stunning detail.
 
　　Focused on Trump and the key players around him—the doctors, generals, senior advisers, and Trump family members— Rucker and Leonnig provide a forensic account of the most devastating year in a presidency like no other. Their sources were in the room as time and time again Trump put his personal gain ahead of the good of the country. These witnesses to history tell the story of him longing to deploy the military to the streets of American cities to crush the protest movement in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, all to bolster his image of strength ahead of the election. These sources saw firsthand his refusal to take the threat of the coronavirus seriously—even to the point of allowing himself and those around him to be infected. This is a story of a nation sabotaged—economically, medically, and politically—by its own leader, culminating with a groundbreaking, minute-by-minute account of  exactly what went on in the Capitol building on January 6, as Trump’s supporters so easily breached the most sacred halls of American democracy, and how the president reacted. With unparalleled access, Rucker and Leonnig explain and expose exactly who enabled—and who foiled—Trump as he sought desperately to cling to power.
 
　　A classic and heart-racing work of investigative reporting, this book is destined to be read and studied by citizens and historians alike for decades to come.