The Divider Trump in the White House, 2017-2021

From top journalists and bestselling authors of The Man Who Ran Washington, an ambitious and lasting history of the full Trump presidency

Revered journalists Peter Baker of the New York Times and Susan Glasser of The New Yorker tell the inside story of the four years when Donald Trump went to war with Washington, from the chaotic beginning to the violent finale. Baker and Glasser argue that Trump was not just lurching from one controversy to another; he was learning to be more like the foreign autocrats he admired.
 
The Divider is that rare thing, a lasting history that also contains scoops, dozens of exclusive stories from behind the scenes in the White House, from the deadly serious to the absurd--from how close we got to nuclear war with North Korea, to which cabinet members had a resignation pact, to whether Trump asked Japan’s prime minister to nominate him for a Nobel Prize. The book also explores the moral choices confronting those around Trump—how they justified working for a man they considered unfit for office, and where they drew their lines.

The Divider is based on unprecedented access to key players from President Trump himself to Cabinet officers, military generals, close advisers, Trump family members, congressional leaders, foreign officials and others, some of whom have never told their story until now. 
 

PETER BAKER is the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, a political analyst for MSNBC, and author of Days of Fire and The Breach. SUSAN GLASSER is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of its weekly "Letter from Trump's Washington" as well as a CNN global affairs analyst. Their first assignment as a married couple was as Moscow bureau chiefs for The Washington Post, after which they wrote Kremlin Rising. They also co-authored The Man Who Ran Washington, a New York Times bestseller. They live in Washington, D.C., with their son.