The Trump Tapes, Bob Woodward
The Trump Tapes, Bob Woodward
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The Trump Tapes
Bob Woodward's Twenty Interviews with President Donald Trump

Author: Bob Woodward

Narrator: Donald J. Trump, Bob Woodward

Unabridged: 11 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/24/2022


Synopsis

“The most memorable contribution to this year’s American political literature, however, was not a printed book. The Trump Tapes…is an audio collection that offers a passport to the heart of darkness.” —The Guardian

“An uncharacteristic warning from one of the most respected, non-partisan journalists in the world” —Jake Tapper, CNN

“It was riveting. I couldn’t get enough of it.” —Gayle King, CBS Mornings

The Trump Tapes explodes with the exclusive, inside story of Trump’s performance as president—in his own words as he is questioned, even interrogated by Woodward, on the president’s key responsibilities from managing foreign relations to crisis management of the coronavirus pandemic.

This is the job Trump seeks again. How did he do the first time? This is the authentic answer, laying bare his repeated failures, obsessions, and grievances.

The Woodward interviews take a reader to a reporter’s laboratory meticulously examining the Trump presidency like never before—spellbinding and devastating.

*Including all 27 letters between President Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un

About Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward is the author of three consecutive #1 New York Times bestsellers on President Trump—Fear (2018), Rage (2020), and Peril (2021) with Robert Costa—and an audiobook of 20 interviews with Trump. He has authored 22 bestselling books, 15 of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, covering every president from Nixon to Biden.

About Donald J. Trump

Donald J. Trump is the very definition of the American success story, continually setting the standards of excellence while expanding his interests in real estate, sports, entertainment, and politics. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance. An accomplished author, Mr. Trump has authored over fifteen bestsellers and his first book, The Art of the Deal, is considered a business classic and one of the most successful business books of all time. Mr. Trump is active  on social media and is a frequent guest across a variety of media platforms.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew on October 18, 2024

Bob Woodward is, of course, the Washington Post reporter who, along with his colleague Carl Bernstein, broke much of the Watergate scandal in 1972. He has now written over twenty books on American politics and has won numerous awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes. I listened to an audio version of......more

Goodreads review by Deborah on October 27, 2022

Listening to this book reminded me of trying to round up cats before a trip. Trump interrupts, goes on tangents, makes up numbers, invents facts. He’s all over the place. As a former journalist I have interviewed my share of people, including young children, I would have given up on Trump. Nothing r......more

Goodreads review by Audrey on November 01, 2022

It’s so stressful listening to Woodward trying to interview Trump. Woodward will be asking about something serious like missiles and war, and Trump will interrupt him to show some “pretty cool” photos of him with Kim Jong Un. It’s wild (but not surprising) to hear how much Trump admires dictators, h......more

Goodreads review by David on October 28, 2022

Favorite Quote = “Everything is mine.” -DJT......more


Quotes

"This audiobook is a collection of interviews conducted by WASHINGTON POST journalist Bob Woodward with Donald Trump throughout the past decade. As anyone who has heard Trump speak can attest, the former president can talk around a subject with the best of them, but this work puts that skill to the test. Woodward does not accept Trump's word salads as answers. Trump sounds typically brash and boastful, talking glibly about everything, often exaggerating or telling out-and-out untruths. When he does, Woodward corrects him, sometimes to his face, other times in notes to listeners."

“There is no question that hearing Trump has an impact that reading alone cannot match….??Woodward is showing in his own way how difficult it is to do journalism and historiography at the same time….In a Morning Edition interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Woodward speaks of how "the power of the audio" brings home something disturbing about Trump. ‘His voice is so consumed with himself and how he feels and his conclusions.’"