by Jon Meacham
First published 2018
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah opens a 4,000-square-foot museum in midtown Manhattan dedicated to Donald Trump's Twitter account. The pop-up Presidential Twitter Library draws 7,500 visitors in a single weekend before closing. This exhibition catalog preserves the complete museum experience for readers nationwide. The writers of The Daily Show organize Trump's tweets into themed galleries. They analyze his greatest hits like "Very Stable Genius" and "Covfefe" alongside his Twitter feuds with Republicans, Diet Coke, and Kristen Stewart. The collection includes Trump's failed predictions, his nickname hall of fame featuring "Lyin' Ted" and "Low I.Q. Crazy Mika," and documented contradictions where Trump argues against himself. Pulitzer Prize winner Jon Meacham provides the foreword. The book captures hundreds of actual Trump tweets with satirical commentary, presenting them as art objects worthy of scholarly attention while maintaining The Daily Show's comedic perspective on political absurdity.
Genres: satire, humor, american, political-science, non-fiction, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: satire, social-commentary
Setting: Manhattan, New York
Period: 21st Century
130 pages · Hardcover · Spiegel & Grau