 In this video, I will be sharing the top reviews of the book called, I Alone Can Do It, written by Carol Leonig and Philip Rucker. This book is new on the list of New York bestsellers. Before we get to the review part let's see first what this book is about. The true story of what took place in Donald Trump's White House during a disastrous 2020 has never before been told in full. What was really going on around the president, as the government failed to contain the coronavirus and over half a million Americans perished? Who was influencing Trump after he refused to concede an election he had clearly lost and spread lies about election fraud? To answer these questions, Philip Rucker and Carol Leonig reveal a dysfunctional and bumbling presidency's inner workings in unprecedented, stunning detail. Focused on Trump and the key players around him, the doctors, generals, senior advisers, and Trump family members, Rucker and Leonig provide a forensic account of the most devastating year in a presidency like no other. Their sources were in the room as time and time again Trump put his personal gain ahead of the good of the country. These witnesses to history tell the story of him longing to deploy the military to the streets of American cities to crush the protest movement in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, all to bolster his image of strength ahead of the election. These sources saw first-hand his refusal to take the threat of the coronavirus seriously, even to the point of allowing himself and those around him to be infected. This is a story of a nation sabotaged, economically, medically, and politically, by its own leader, culminating with a groundbreaking, minute-by-minute account of exactly what went on in the Capitol building on January 6, as Trump supporters so easily breached the most sacred halls of American democracy, and how the president reacted. With unparalleled access, Rucker and Leonig explain and expose exactly who enabled, and who foiled, Trump as he sought desperately to cling to power. A classic and heart-racing work of investigative reporting, this book is destined to be read and studied by citizens and historians alike for decades to come. Now let's see some reviews. Jill Meyer from the United States says it's a Tuesday in summer 2021 and the latest book about Donald Trump and his presidency has been published. I've read most of them so far. I'm not going to write about my feelings, personal and political, about Donald Trump, but rather if Carol Leonig and Philip Rucker's new book, I alone can fix it. Donald J. Trump's catastrophic final year is worth reading. This says, after all, a book review, and my feelings about Trump really shouldn't matter. Leonig and Rucker are reporters for The Washington Post. As reporters, they know how to write. They know what should be included and what to leave out. Their book is masterly written because both authors are longtime reporters assigned the Donald Trump beat. Curiously, Trump gave them interviews, including one after the January 6th insurrection, knowing they were writing an account of his presidency. He was rather indiscreet in what he said. The book is filled with interesting tidbits and Leonig and Rucker go behind the scenes. They obviously talked to many people both within and outside the administration. They were fairly even-handed in their reporting. And I think I'll break my personal rule about commenting about my opinion of Trump. I will say that I've felt dirty after reading these books. Really dirty. Paula says that five stars to the reporters who detailed all the craziness that the asshole Trump brought to us for four long, long years. Zero stars to those that enabled him and set there every day and did nothing. Reading this book brought home how close we came to losing our cherished democracy and how disgusted I am with those grown-up-ass supporters of his who continue to support him through all his lies and craziness. Just because they hate Democrats or don't want them to win. When did we become so hateful? When did down-to-earth and otherwise normal human beings stopped using their heads and ears and bought into this sickos-cooled? I wish people would wake the hell up. There has got to be better Republicans they can support than these netjobs that are in the White House currently and this psychopath. Come on Republicans, wake the hell up already. Lois says this attempts to be fair and balanced, for the most part, it succeeds though I would agree it has a liberal slant. This was longer than it needed to be since it was focused basically on a 14-16 month period. This was detailed as fucking boring in places. The most shocking quotes have already been released to the media. I think if you're going to read only one book of the recent three released, frankly, we did win this election by Michael Bender and landslide by Michael Wolfe. This is the book to go with. Wolfe's book moves along a bit faster but does not offer the in-depth coverage this book does. I think all politicians and governments are corrupt. I still find Chump's behavior shocking. I'm also disturbed at how the January 6th Capitol insurrection is being reframed right now. As well as the nonsense about unfair elections. This is just being used as an excuse by conservatives to restrict POC's voting rights. Psy as well as to restrict protest in January 6th wasn't a protest. Linda from New Jersey says this book is better than a stable genius, for one reason. There are many more names attached to the quotes and far fewer, high-ranking officials that wouldn't speak on the record. Sure, there are still some of them, but not 90% of the book. There are lots of speaking in this book. Speaking, yelling, cursing, backbiting, blaming, oh the spectacular blame game. That game is not just done by DJT. Leonnig and Rucker share the TMZ on Trump's team as they scramble for purchase and cover. This is high-value entertainment. For me, there wasn't much new information between these pages. What to set this substantial volume apart from its competitors is the chronology and organization, its seamless and flows like an award-winning thriller. Beginning with the early days of the pandemic, transitioning to Floyd, BLM and violence in our cities, onto the campaign strategy and summer of struggle with Biden in the basement. All of this is laid out almost day by day with the ever-present progress and pressure of the COVID crisis. This book has ratings of 4.55 on Goodreads so I feel like this is worth a read. I picked these reviews from the website Goodreads. The links are available in the description. Feel free to check them out.