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Thank You for Your Servitude

Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission

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Thank You for Your Servitude

Written by: Mark Leibovich
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller

“He’s one of the best chroniclers of politics today.”–Jake Tapper

“This is a really funny book.”–Kara Swisher

“His writing is so damn good.”–John Berman

“Really fascinating...There are so many revelations.”–Anderson Cooper

“The new must read summer book.”–Stephanie Ruhle

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington’s “swamp” into a gold-plated hot tub—and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult.

In the early months of Trump’s candidacy, the Republican Party’s most important figures, people such as Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham, were united—and loud—in their scorn and contempt. Even more, in their outrage: Trump was a menace and an affront to our democracy. Then, awkwardly, Trump won.

Thank You for Your Servitude is Mark Leibovich’s unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party, tracking the transformation of Rubio, Cruz, Graham, and their ilk into the administration’s chief enablers, and the swamp’s lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift. What would these politicos do to preserve their place in the sun, or at least the orbit of the spray tan? What would they do to preserve their “relevance”? Almost anything, it turns out. Trump’s savage bullying of everyone in his circle, along with his singular command of his political base, created a dangerous culture of submission in the Republican Party. Meanwhile, many of the most alpha of the lapdogs happily conceded to Mark Leibovich that they were “in on the joke”. As Lindsey Graham told the author, his supporters in South Carolina generally don’t read The New York Times, and they won’t read this book, either. All that cynicism, shading into nihilism, led to a country truly unhinged from reality and to the events of January 6, 2021. It’s a vista that makes the Washington of This Town seem like a comedy of manners in comparison.

Thank You for Your Servitude isn’t another view from the Oval Office: It’s the view from the Trump Hotel. We can check out any time we want, but only time will tell if we can ever leave.

©2022 Mark Leibovich (P)2022 Penguin Audio
Elections & Political Process Politics & Government United States
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“The author couldn’t repeat the formula he used to such entertaining effect in his 2013 book, This Town . . . Instead, Leibovich’s new book ingeniously shifts the focus . . . extremely funny in spots, although much of the humor has a whistling-past-the-graveyard quality. Like the Comedian in Alan Moore’s graphic novel Watchmen, Leibovich was shocked out of his previous cynicism and absurdism (to some extent at least) by the enormity of Trump’s threat.”—New York Times Book Review

“[Leibovich is] just so good at this. He is a world-class ranter, continuing an American tradition that includes such dyspeptic luminaries as H.L. Mencken, Hunter S. Thompson and P.J. O’Rourke . . . [He is] a brilliant interviewer able to wheedle not-quite-admissions from his subjects, who give him all the access in the world.”—Washington Post

“The main attraction to Leibovich's work is his wicked satirical talent. He comes at his interviewees with a skewer in one hand, a scalpel in the other and a glint in his eye. His frequent eviscerations of major figures range from subtle to scabrous . . . [T]he material in Thank You is new, much of it from interviews done since the 2020 election . . . Thank You should not be mistaken for a ‘fun read’—as This Town was often described . . . Thank You is on another plane of warning and foreboding. There are many laughs, to be sure, but with bitter aftertaste. And the message here, the final word, is anything but fun.”NPR.org

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Captivating story, really well told with humour. The narrator does a great Lindsey Graham impression. You can feel the speakers in this reading. It’s great.

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great read

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Enlightening and entertaining

From his perch at Trump International Hotel in DC, Mr. Leibovich provides a wonderfully witty, insider view to the Trump shenanigans leading up to his election and Jan 6, and the sycophants who eagerly bend over to stay in His light.

I found myself laughing out loud many times, and it is one of the best books I’ve listened to on Audible.

Leibovich made an excellent choice in Barrett for narration - his delivery was impeccable and made the book that much more entertaining.

I highly recommend it. Looking forward to the next one!

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