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HAS ANYONE SEEN the PRESIDENT? (audiobook) by Michael Lewis

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  Published by Simon and Schuster Audio in 2018. Read by the author, Michael Lewis. Duration: 0 hours, 54 minutes. Unabridged. Originally, this audiobook was originally written for Bloomberg View , the editorial/opinion site of Bloomberg News. Lewis went to Washington. D.C. during the run up to President Trump's "State of the Union Address". Lewis visits the press room in the White House, speaks with a former press secretary from the Obama Administration and visits with Trump advisor Steve Bannon. He also spends time with a former ethics official in the government who quit because President Trump and his administration openly flout the standards for ethics that were established in previous administrations (like divesting your portfolio of investments that could be a conflict of interest with your position in government). Finally, Lewis ends up watching the State of the Union with Steve Bannon in Bannon's home with running commentary from Bannon. Michael Lewis, for me,