THANK YOUR for YOUR SERVITUDE: DONALD TRUMP'S WASHINGTON and the PRICE of SUBMISSION (audiobook) by Mark Leibovich

 










Published in 2022 by Penguin Audio.
Read by Joe Barrett.
Duration: 8 hours, 57 minutes.
Unabridged.

Mark Leibovich is an experienced political reporter. For years, he covered Washington, D.C. and various presidential campaigns while working for New York Times Magazine. He also writes with a sarcastic, funny edge.

As made clear by the title, Thank You for Your Servitude does not look positively on former President Donald Trump.  Also, as made clear by the title, this book looks at the name brand people that worked for and with the Trump Administration and the ways that they debased themselves for a seat at the table. There are also a few people that stood up the former President and paid a political price.

Former President Donald Trump and South
Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.
These well-known people include Mitch McConnell (he both stood up to the President and debased himself), Mitt Romney, John McCain, Sean Spicer, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, Reince Preibus and the incomparable Lindsey Graham. Leibovich calls Graham "Gilligan to Donald Trump's Skipper". Personally, I have always said that Graham doesn't actually have a spine - he borrows his spine from his friends. When McCain was alive, Graham stood up to Trump. When McCain passed away, Graham became Trump's "Gilligan" and went back on everything he stood for before (if he actually really stood for anything on his own)

This book is similar to another book I reviewed 2 months ago, Why We Did It by Tim Miller. Miller talks about some of the big names, but spends more time discussing the connected but unknown people that fill out a campaign and an administration. The two books compliment each other very well.

This audiobook was read brilliantly by Joe Barrett. He carried the tone perfectly and helped make this an audiobook that I quickly marathoned.

I rate this audibook 5 stars out of 5. It can be found on Amazon.com here: THANK YOUR for YOUR SERVITUDE: DONALD TRUMP'S WASHINGTON and the PRICE of SUBMISSION (audiobook) by Mark Leibovich.

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