First published 2025
Jonathan Karl chronicles the turbulent political transformation that reshaped America in 2024 and 2025. The author of bestsellers like Betrayal and Front Row at the Trump Show uses his White House access to document the extraordinary sequence of events that ended Biden's presidency and returned Trump to power. Karl reveals what happened behind closed doors during Biden's withdrawal from the race, Harris's presidential campaign, and the assassination attempts on Trump. He shows how a new team formed around Trump with plans to remake the American political order. The book traces the rise and fall of political fortunes through unprecedented plot twists, from campaign headquarters to the Oval Office. Karl examines how Trump's second presidency has transformed every aspect of American governance and what these changes mean for the country's future.
Genres: american, 21st-century, political-thriller, american-history
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: plot-twists, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States, White House, Oval Office
Period: 2024, 2025
448 pages · Hardcover · Dutton