Landslide

The Final Days of the Trump Presidency

By: Michael Wolff

Narrated by: Holter Graham

This program includes an introduction read by Michael Wolff, as well as archival recordings of speeches made by Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Donald Trump.

“We won. Won in a landslide. This was a landslide.” (President Donald J. Trump, January 6, 2021)

We all witnessed some of the most shocking and confounding political events of our lifetime: the careening last stage of Donald J. Trump’s reelection campaign, the president’s audacious election challenge, the harrowing mayhem of January 6, the buffoonery of the second impeachment trial. But what was really going on in the inner sanctum of the White House during these calamitous events? What did the president and his dwindling cadre of loyalists actually believe? And what were they planning?

Michael Wolff pulled back the curtain on the Trump presidency with his number one best-selling blockbuster Fire and Fury. Now, in Landslide, he closes the door on the presidency with a final, astonishingly candid account.

Wolff embedded himself in the White House in 2017 and gave us a vivid picture of the chaos that had descended on Washington. Almost four years later, Wolff finds the Oval Office even more chaotic and bizarre, a kind of Star Wars bar scene. At all times of the day, Trump, behind the Resolute desk, is surrounded by schemers and unqualified sycophants who spoon-feed him the “alternative facts” he hungers to hear - about COVID-19, Black Lives Matter protests, and, most of all, his chance of winning reelection. Once again, Wolff has gotten top-level access and takes us front row as Trump’s circle of plotters whittles down to the most enabling and the president reaches beyond the bounds of democracy as he entertains the idea of martial law and balks at calling off the insurrectionist mob that threatens the institution of democracy itself.

As the Trump presidency’s hold over the country spiraled out of control, an untold and human account of desperation, duplicity, and delusion was unfolding within the West Wing. Landslide is that story as only Michael Wolff can tell it.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

“First there was Fire and Fury, then there was Siege, now there is Landslide. The third is the best of the three, and that is saying plenty.” (The Guardian)

“Two new books about the final year of Donald J. Trump’s presidency are entering the cultural bloodstream. The first, Landslide, by the gadfly journalist Michael Wolff, is the one to leap upon.... Landslide is a smart, vivid and intrepid book. He has great instincts. I read it in two or three sittings. It’s the book that this era and this subject probably deserve.” (Dwight Garner, The New York Times)

©2021 Michael Wolff (P)2021 Macmillan Audio

Mentally exhausting

This is is very good book centered on the final chaotic days of the Trump Presidency. It is very well written, I also enjoy the narration a must with audiobooks..
However, just listening to these events again can be really draining. Interesting to see what future generations would think of this book.

Oh My God

This story is both horrifying & hilarious. If it weren’t based on an actual person, it would make a great comedy. But since the events are real, it’s horrifying.

Narrator was spectacular.

You'll laugh, you'll cry

First of all, I want to award 5 billion stars to the narrator. I listen to a ton of Audible books, and the quality of the reading here is LIGHTYEARS beyond the average narrator's performance. Mr. Graham is engaging throughout and flawless. His execution of dialogue is the GOAT narration I've heard, no joke.

The book itself is an excellent epic saga. If you've followed the MAGA dumpster fire over the past year plus, you aren't going to find a ton of momentous revelations here. The strength of this book is its fleshing out the batshit insanity most of us knew was going on behind the scenes. There are some great lulz to be had here, particularly regarding Rudy. On the other hand, it's also incredibly depressing that so many ignorant and/or craven people enabled a legitimately and malignantly insane person to take this country to the brink.

The Narrative was hilariously accurate.

I don't think anyone, who wrote a book about President Trump wrote as well as Michael Wolf. The narration was at times very funny.

Sigh

Another book on how Trump did his best to destroy our democracy. Well documented and the narration was good. Kept my attention.