For me, there weren't any real revelations in here. I've always been of the opinion that he is too stupid for public office. I've never been able to take the leap of faith that makes some people think that he is some kind of master manipulator who just wants you to think that he's stupid. This book confirms what I previously thought.

It was sort of helpful to read this to help get a sense of the timeline. There have been so many bad actors in this story already that you find yourself getting them confused. Reading this book helped set me straight a few times when I found I was confusing who was who.

I was disappointed that there wasn't any coverage of the effects of protests. There was no mention of the Women's March. No mention of response to the airport protests and apparently the repeal of the healthcare bill failed purely because of Paul Ryan and not millions of phone calls made to Senators. So much was made in the book about him just wanting everyone to like him that I would have loved to see something about the effects of the protests on him.