I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year

A Washington Post Notable Book, an immediate #1 New York Times bestseller, and one of NPR's Best Books of 2021The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters and writers of A Very Stable Genius, Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig, present the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Trump's final year in office."Relaxing." — Anderson Cooper"Shocking." — John Berman "Astonishing." — John Heilemann"Light-hearted." — Hallie Jackson"Exclusive new reporting." Nicolle Wallace"Welcoming fresh insights." - "Bombshell reporting" by Brian Williams — David Muir

Never before has the complete account of the genuine events that transpired in the White House of Donald Trump during a catastrophic 2020 been made public. When the administration was unable to contain the coronavirus and more than half a million Americans lost their lives, what was truly going on around the president? After Trump disseminated false information about election fraud and refused to accept the results of an election that he had obviously lost, who was influencing him? Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig provide unparalleled, breathtaking information into the inner workings of a broken and incompetent presidency in order to address these questions.Rucker and Leonnig give an unparalleled forensic analysis of the most disastrous year of a presidential administration, focusing on Trump and the important figures surrounding him, including the doctors, generals, senior aides, and Trump family members. Their sources were present as Trump repeatedly put his own interests ahead of the welfare of the nation. His desire to project power ahead of the election by sending the military into American cities to put down the protest movement following George Floyd's death is narrated by these historical witnesses. These sources witnessed firsthand his disdain for the coronavirus menace, going so far as to let himself and anyone around him to become infected. This is a tale of a country ruined by its own leader on all fronts: politically, medically, and economically. It concludes with a ground-breaking, minute-by-minute description of precisely what transpired in the Capitol building on January 6th, when Trump's supporters so effortlessly entered the most revered spaces of American democracy, and the president's response. Rucker and Leonnig, who have unmatched access, explain and reveal just who supported and stopped Trump in his frantic attempts to hold onto power.For many years to come, readers and historians alike will read and analyze this book—a timeless and thrilling piece of investigative journalism.