Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission

Written by:
Mark Leibovich
Narrated by:
Joe Barrett

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
21
Narrator
9
Release Date
July 2022
Duration
8 hours 57 minutes
Summary
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.
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Anonymous

Really good book. The humor manages to be scathing (and appropriately so!) without making the author seem mean-spirited.

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Robert Scott

Enjoyed the accounts of the Trump years in the White House. It is amazing how Trump has disrupted our functioning of our Democracy.

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Christian V.

A thoroughly enjoyable listen of how appalling Republican sycophants are. Sell your soul for Trump? Absolutely bizarre!!

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Anonymous

Scary yet humorous coverage of Trump taking control of the Republican Party and the cowardice of GOP politicians that let happen.

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Anonymous

Excellent review of last five years or so concerning Mr Trump. Recommend this book to anyone that is confused or has questions as to the activities of the past president. Excellent

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