Summary: A Nation Like No Other: Review and Analysis of Newt Gingrichs Book

He builds a building. Okay, he hires people to do it for him, but let's not quibble.

So when was the last time you saw anybody on Mars? Until now, I was unaware that throwing together an upscale Day's Inn was as tough as the Mars shot. The third section of the book was where I'd pinned my hopes that there was more than the usual diatribe to this effort. Gingrich outlines four key 'boxes' from which a Trump administration will 'radically' change America: The first is Safety, which is essentially the Trump position on the border and immigration.

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The second is Competitiveness, which boils down to deregulation and the on-going conservative desire to finally lure out trickle-down from wherever it's been coyly hiding for the last 37 years. The third box, Health, had the most promise, with lists of discuss-able not just debatable possibilities for the health care industry and its regulators.

One can't help but notice that after only five months on the shelves, how very dated the book seems, likely due to the constant-crisis nature of current politics. I have given this book one star, but, to be frank, I really don't know who I would recommend it to. Progressives have had a belly full of this stuff. I can't see an academic interested, except perhaps as an example of how not to frame an argument.

Perhaps a moderate would want to 'reach out' to understand Trump, but would he rely on Newt Gingrich to do that? I did, but in my defense, I'm not a moderate. And, as the author constantly reminds us, the Trump voter already knows Trump. Why would they turn to Establishment Gingrich to explain to them what they already know? The one conclusion I can reach is this book was written primarily to scoop up some of the storm surge of cash-flow the Trump winds were pushing. This book is a pot-boiler, and should be regarded as such.

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Jan 31, Cherry rated it did not like it Shelves: People often give books one star when they would like to rate something as zero stars, but I honestly feel that this book deserves a single star for providing a few nuggets of insight about Trump's supporters amongst the deluge of whitewashing, poor memory and wilful misinterpretation. But that's just for the coverage of the right. It should surprise no one that Gingrich gets it wrong when it comes to trying to describe motivations or interpret decisions or anything really relating to the other People often give books one star when they would like to rate something as zero stars, but I honestly feel that this book deserves a single star for providing a few nuggets of insight about Trump's supporters amongst the deluge of whitewashing, poor memory and wilful misinterpretation.

It should surprise no one that Gingrich gets it wrong when it comes to trying to describe motivations or interpret decisions or anything really relating to the other side of the aisle. Gingrich's definition of "liberalism" is insane and pathological, and of course anti-American, but what he's describing is a lot more like Reagan Republicans than Clinton or Obama Democrats. It''s like the bizarro world version of liberalism. This is a hard book to get through, harder when listening to Gingrich and his annoying accent I have the same complaint about a lot of politicians reading their own books, BTW, not just Gingrich.

I felt like I should be taking notes on all the false claims and ridiculous conclusions and so on. But then I never would have finished it because you can't do that very well while driving -- pause, dictate an incredulous response, resume Anyway, the reason I felt I should go through the process is mostly to get a well-rounded image of what the guy's supporters are thinking, since I already hear a lot of what his detractors are saying.

I think if Newt Gingrich really believes all the stuff he wrote, he is the one who needs to be taught how to understand Trump. I don't think he actually does, though. I suspect this was written as red meat for the base, to fire them up, to make them feel like they hadn't just entered into a horrible bargain and that they really had held off an apocalypse by electing this guy into office. The section where Gingrich waxed eloquent about "Intellectual Yet Idiots" who run government without any practical experience in their field and how Trump was going to fix all this really made me laugh because this book was published AFTER Betsy Devos, Ben Carson and Rick Perry were appointed and I'd say they are the epitome of lacking any sort of applicable experience related in any way to the positions they are supposed to run.

If Gingrich really believes that these are practical-minded and effective people, as opposed to the actual climate scientists and educators and so on who have run things in the past, well, all I can say is, WOW. I don't think Gingrich is that stupid, but I guess he could have a blind spot. We all do, but still, this is a seriously huge blind spot.

Of course around the same area he was talking about all the swamp-draining that would happen, and how all the government waste would be cut and so on The cognitive dissonance is strong with this one. Yes, I started it multiple times before I managed to get through the introduction from Eric Trump which was only a couple minutes, but hey, I survived a glimpse through the curtain into the mind of someone who is, well, Intellectual yet clearly idiotic.

He can't possibly believe half of what he wrote, but the fact that he thinks his base will believe it is significant, right? Jun 13, Jena rated it it was amazing Shelves: I have never believed in rating a book prior to reading it. It appears that some Goodreads members don't share my conviction.

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I tell you what though. I heard the Audible sample, and it was great! Aug 11, Mark rated it really liked it. The first half of the book, Newt does a good job explaining who Is Trump and how he works.

He draws off person experience, observation and references topics covered by Trump in "The Art of the Deal". Personally, the IYI chapter was the highlight of the book. Personally, some The first half of the book, Newt does a good job explaining who Is Trump and how he works. Personally, some ideas are a re-run, some are brilliant and others are just over the top. Overall, a recommended read for those wanting to understand Trump, the current political culture and entertain yourself with Newt's ideas for America.

Oct 03, Desirae added it Shelves: May 31, Chad rated it really liked it Shelves: That's my only complaint. Otherwise, this is a guide to things that have happened, things that are currently happening, and things to look forward to from the Trump administration. Whether that provokes anxiety or glee in you is your business. Newt Gingrich is a brilliant historian with a gift of telling a story.

He is also familiar with Donald Trump and his family, so having said that and Newt's knowledge of political arena, experience as a speaker of the house and background with political history, provides a very good picture of what we have in Trump as a candidate and eventually a president. Whether you agree on politics with the election of our 45th president, no one can deny the fact that this man has a vast experience in busine Newt Gingrich is a brilliant historian with a gift of telling a story.

Whether you agree on politics with the election of our 45th president, no one can deny the fact that this man has a vast experience in business and understands the 'art of the deal'. Also, another point that has to be made and reinforced is that Trump didn't need to make his life more difficult by going into politics, but the man wanted to make a difference and difference he will make, due to his knowledge of making a good deal for America and the working class.

We had career politicians running Washington for many decades and so far it has made no positive change to our nation or our economy. If someone suggests that we needed someone with foreign affairs knowledge, I say, that a good leader knows how to best delegate and find people who can get the job done.

That is the kind of strength and positive approach that we need. We can't manage what has not worked, but start to make changes on what will. One doesn't have to look further to understand that most politicians do not possess any real world experience and somehow most have been getting wealthy in politics without having a 'real' job, so how about we try something new and Trump was the answer to that change that millions of Americans were looking for. We have become a nation of people whose feeling can be hurt just by stating out facts or saying what is on someone's mind.

Well, without offending anyone, we have to start thinking and communicating honestly, and some of that honesty is inconvenient truths that today's generation is unable to hear. It is not a secret that we have become a divided society, but the only way we will ever come together, is by talking and facing our real problems, what our nation's issues are and for far too long identity politics diverted people from speaking their mind or talking about the real issues, the issues that keep most working Americans up at nights. The politicians of several decades have been pointing fingers on anything and everything that has nothing to do with policies of helping anyone, because they had nothing to offer.

The economy, the job market and many fiscal issues were covered by smoke and mirrors of social and environmental items that only those who had no real solution to anything have presented them and the ball of deceit kept rolling, and our nation kept slowly falling into abyss. Politicians talked about education, but nothing was getting better. Unions were fighting for unions, not those who depended on them and then that Union power and money went back into politics, hence special interest groups, because the politicians were talking about poverty as a pawn, but never actually doing anything or helping anyone.

Trump has nothing to gain from politics and a man who has everything he needs, actually is going to make the changes that others were only promising. The character and experience mean a lot, and this book explains both about Trump the man, the business man and a president. Without knowledge of politics and how Washington operates, Trump has ability to learn and evolve into a new kind of a politician, someone who is not your career Politian, but the kind that can bring something else into Washington, into White House, something anti establishment.

For those who wanted to see the change, this is the real change, the change that will raise economy, create jobs and better our education. The change is what America and Americans wanted and elected in the election. A good book and a very interesting read. Newt delivers well on what he aims to bring to the reader and educates the audience in his personal knowledge of Donald J Trump and what he stands for.

Aug 15, Book Bunny rated it did not like it Shelves: I thought this would be an unbiased book about Trump that would discuss his doings on every angle. That would have been interesting and educational. Instead the book is written by a Trump fanboy who gushes over his every doing. Jul 05, David Steele rated it really liked it Shelves: A fascinating look at the 45th president of the United States, Donald J.

Gingrich helps readers understand what makes Trump tick and provides a wealth of encouraging insight. Gingrich has a tendency to articulate his specific vision for America which overshadows the stated aim of the book. Overall, a terrific read. Nov 17, Rebecca Burke rated it really liked it Shelves: This book provides a great examination of his reasoning and thought processes. I strongly recommend this book.

Jul 14, Virginia rated it liked it. The first half was enjoyable and informative. The second half dragged for this reader. I had hoped for more, for a better overall read. Dec 05, Adam Boltz rated it it was ok. I picked up this book truly hoping to get a new, deeper insight into what drives Trump and his supporters. I'm not sure it left me with much more than the same, seemingly superficial ideas we hear all the time he's anti-PC, "anti-stupid," pro-American, etc. A lot of the book comes across as being written by someone who is likely intelligent and knowledgeable, but didn't have the time or inclination to really think things through and develop their arguments.

For instance, to demonstrate media b I picked up this book truly hoping to get a new, deeper insight into what drives Trump and his supporters. For instance, to demonstrate media bias in favor of Democrats, he cites how McCain didn't lead in news coverage over Obama or Clinton after he clinched the nomination and their primary battle continued -- duh! I imagine there are metrics one could cite that would show preferential treatment of Democratic candidates, but that is not one of them; that is an outcome anyone would expect and not attribute to political bias.

There are also a lot of easily rebutted claims such as "He knows he will fail if he makes his presidency about Donald Trump. Lines like this in the book make me think Gingrich is hoping Trump will read the book and that it will shape his thoughts and opinions. A clearer sign that Gingrich is trying to influence Trump is that at least half the book is explicitly dedicated to suggestions for how to govern and specific policy proposals. While some of the ideas were mildly interesting, they did not serve the expected intention of a book entitled Understanding Trump.

The redeeming aspect of this book is that it does aggregate the many things Trump supporters regularly say are what they like about him. While the book did provide some cursory, surface-level context to these ideas i. Then again, I enjoyed Downton Abbey, so I'm apparently one of the elites this book is talking about and not for! Dec 01, Grace Platner rated it really liked it. Through his personal experiences from working on the campaign and his interaction with Mr. Trump, Gingrich provides an array of tactics and information used throughout the campaign, that decidedly won him the presi Newt Gingrich.

Trump, Gingrich provides an array of tactics and information used throughout the campaign, that decidedly won him the presidential election. A common misconception, Gingrich repeatedly tries to disprove, is the idea that Donald Trump, is a normal person like everyone else and is not just the multi-billionaire that everyone portrays him as. There is more to him and his ideas of what is right for the country. As a far-right conservative, Gingrich repeatedly shows bias towards support of Trump, which is where the fault in the book lies.

As a conservative and a major Trump supporter, his bias is although expected, still discerning to the idea of being unable to see the other side of the political spectrum. From the beginning of the book, Gingrich uses Trumps children and their feelings towards their father regularly, to promote the idea that Trump is normal, just like everyone else. Gingrich shows the balance between Trump being a father to each of his children, and also being the successful businessman that he is.

Even if the children did feel an opposing way towards their father then what they portray in these interviews and on TV, most likely they would out right voice their true opinions about him, even if in their eyes, he is the worst person in the world. Gingrich successfully lays out the process of Trump's campaign during the election, and how he his tactics and being new and being a nonconventional presidential candidate landed him the gig. One of the ways Gingrich says this worked is because of all of the insane things some believed Trump was saying during the election, gave him the free TV time and support of people who had felt rejected or unhelped by the government in the past.

Overall, Newt Gingrich was very successful in getting his message across to the American people, who had horrible opinions of Trump as soon as his name was announced as a candidate. One of the major topics I agreed with him on was the time it took for drugs to be tested and cleared before they could be actually used on patients in real life. It was invented in , when she was a toddler. I do agree with Trump in that sense, and Gingrich played that card well in using sad stories, like the death of Abigail Borroughs, in order to get people to support his cause and see what the government is doing wrong.

Even though Gingrich was successful from this book in getting readers to either to further understand or possibly convince him to support Trump it is clear that their is a lot of bias in the book. Overall the book was well written and gave me an entirely new perspective on Trump and how everything he did, intentional or not, won him the election, and the presidency. Sep 09, Mark rated it liked it. I must confess that this book made me feel a little bit better about Donald Trump, but just a little 2. Half the book was Trump's history: The other half is Newt Gingrich's prescription for Trump's success in the future with no guarantee that Trump will follow Gingrich's prescription.

The obvious problem for Trump never addressed in the book is that despite hi I must confess that this book made me feel a little bit better about Donald Trump, but just a little 2. The obvious problem for Trump never addressed in the book is that despite his ideas or good intentions or abilities, none of that matters when he undercuts his credibility by opening his mean mouth or tweets and alienating any possible support from the opposition.

It is, however, a book worth reading. Oct 21, Forrest rated it it was amazing Shelves: Newt Gingrich is one of the few career politicians from Washington who I believe sincerely has the best interests of our nation at heart. Therefore, I put a great deal of confidence in what he says. I was actually quite surprised by his support for Trump since many of the establishment Republicans who have been serving in Washington for a long period of time have voiced opposition to Trump due to their fears of Trump undermining the status quo of the Republican Party one of the very reasons why Newt Gingrich is one of the few career politicians from Washington who I believe sincerely has the best interests of our nation at heart.

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I was actually quite surprised by his support for Trump since many of the establishment Republicans who have been serving in Washington for a long period of time have voiced opposition to Trump due to their fears of Trump undermining the status quo of the Republican Party one of the very reasons why I've been a Trump supporter. As this is a favorable take on Trump written during the early months of his administration, Gingrich explains throughout the book why he supports the President. The book is not entirely about Trump, and one shouldn't suppose that this should be akin to a biography.

Gingrich provides plenty of his own personal commentary on political issues. There is so much of value to take from the book. In the section below I listed a handful of quotes that I found particularly useful or interesting in no particular order. The statements were made by Newt Gingrich himself unless otherwise noted.

In such a learning situation, motivation is never a problem. We learn because something caused us to want to know.

School has no natural motivation associated with it. Students go there because they have no choice. The same is true for most training situations. Trump has taken on the FDA as he vowed to do, and pushed through reform to allow streamlining the drug approval process. The score was a lie. It was so wrong it was fundamentally indefensible.

A year later the CBO produced a new score that was so much more expensive, that it was clear Obamacare would have been defeated if it had been the original score. Members of this group are characterized by being 'highly qualified on paper' but bereft of real practical intelligence. Initially he would be shocked and uncertain how to respond To this day, he is surprised when reporters repeat various stories even when it is clear how false they are.

China achieves this lopsided trade ratio through a deliberate strategy of cheating and stealing. Dec 04, Mya rated it it was amazing. As a whole, we tend to follow how the media portrays Trump and we never really base an opinion off of facts. Gingrich uses each chapter to specifically get into detail about the policies Trump has in place and why he believes this will better our country.

He does a good job at proving that people in general should give Trump the upper hand. Before reading Understanding Trump, I was very unfamiliar with any information about him and his thoughts for America. Gingrich refers to Trump as business smart rather than education smart. Trump knows how to deal with his work and the people. The way he organizes his chapters and thoughts made me extremely confused throughout the entire book.

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Overall, I feel I could have learned all the information a little easier if maybe the book was better organized. For example, I learned that most of the media is against Trump. He mainly used his twitter, although people rave about how stupid his tweets are, that was exactly what helped him win. The more people talked the more people had Trump in their thoughts. At least that is how Trump was thinking of it.

He also has a way with his words that help give people hope in his speeches. Trump knows that the media is not on his side, so he makes it his top priority to make his speeches the best he can. In almost all his speeches he gives out the impression that he just wants the best for America and all people around.

He uses emotional persuasive tactics to get the people on his side, and for the most part it worked. This meaning Trump is always looking for the best interest in America and America only. This is why Trump is so strong on the idea of immigration. He believes that jobs and money are being stripped from the average American. Blaming immigrants for the lose of jobs is simply unjust.

They are apart of our country as well and they contribute as much if not more than a citizen. Overall the book was well written. I do believe that Newt Gingrich was credited to write this book due to the fact that he is an American Politician. He knows his information and he may have a bit of a bias but I believe the book gives fair information about Trump.

Jun 26, Dan Graser rated it liked it. While I applaud the idea of this book, it falls short for several reasons though there are some standout moments where Gingrich makes some solid points. First of all, of course this is written in hindsight and his explanations are given with the presumption that these were known to everyone except the elites, however, if you look at the data, even a majority of Trump supporters found his election unlikely. Anyway, on to the work itself. The foreword by Eric Trump is mercifully short and exactly w While I applaud the idea of this book, it falls short for several reasons though there are some standout moments where Gingrich makes some solid points.

The foreword by Eric Trump is mercifully short and exactly what you would expect from such a towering intellect Credit given to the editors for adapting this from the original crayon. Newt's analysis of several components of Trump's success is quite thorough yet very succinct, explaining several months of media focus patterns with paragraphs like: That would kick off the news day across the country.

Then he would watch Morning Joe and call in and argue over what he tweeted. By the time he finished his Even biographers of Lincoln and Jefferson occasionally share a critical word about the political operations of these figures, not here. This is made all the more baffling by the fact that Gingrich is no longer seeking any position as he was for Trump's VP previously or support from Trump as in his presidential run for any political gain. When he is critical it is only accidental, bringing some of the campaign's and Trump's methods into dangerous territory with quotes like, "Trump kept it Jeb Bush's derisive nickname over the course of the primary.

It became a fact by repetition. His criticisms of the recent Democrat campaigns, though obviously imbued with heavy partisan language, is actually quite correct and though few will even go near this book, there are several lessons to be learned that he describes quite well especially in his chapter on, "Toxic Identity Politics. There is much to agree with and disagree with here and it makes for the most enjoyable portion of the work, though obviously has little to do with the book's own title and principal subject matter. It reads like a campaign book for a future Gingrich campaign.

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His attitudes toward treatments of addiction, the need for the US to innovate in areas of space technology, and pharmaceutical reform are genuine and potent. I realize of course that many folks have plenty of issues with Gingrich himself. I know them and I understand them, however on certain issues I genuinely value his opinion. The shortfall of this book is that mainly he doesn't deliver on the title, it actually is mostly on understanding Gingrich! Not necessary reading by any means unless you have more curiosity about Newt's positions than you do in understanding Trump.

Dec 01, Nick S rated it really liked it. We can learn a lot from Newt Gingrich's Understanding Trump but the main purpose is to rationalize Donald Trump's ways of thinking and to Explain his presidency. The central argument of this book is to explain why Donald Trump is the best choice for the president in this election, not to be confused with the best present ever.

Newt Gingrich is not saying that Donald Trump is the best president ever, he is merely saying why Donald Trump is the best choice out of all the candidates. He is the only person ever elected to be commander in chief who has not first held public office or served as a general in the military. His principles grow out of five decades of business and celebrity success, not politics so he behaves differently than traditional politicians. Newt organizes his book by listing events at the top of the page, for instance, one page said draining the swamp, explaining what the phrase means and what it will do when it's put into motion.

The way Newt sets up the book works really well for people who don't pay attention to the news or any of the Donald Trump campaign, the title at the top of the pages really gives people a better idea of what Newt is referencing. Newt uses A few pictures in the middle of the book and the work but he should have put one picture at the end of each section to show importance or just to give people a visual. As for sources Newt used Eric Trump to say the forwarding and uses a few quotes from the book. I would have liked to there be more references to the Trumps campaign and a few more quotes.

Newt Gingrich has helped Donald for two years helping Trump and his team throughout the campaign, the election, and during the first months of the presidency. Now some would say that it's not right that Newt, Someone who has been with Trump to write a book about him because he won't say anything bad, well that's not true, throughout the book Newt does mention something he disagrees with.

I really enjoyed this book it really brought out everything I've always been trying to tell people, how Donald Trump will change this country for the better. I also really like the topics he brings up like draining the swamp, which means "to exterminate something that is harmful" or anything that most of the people hate such as corruption or government waste. Which trump wants to do with our government and his intentions are to get rid of all liberals in the government. Gingrich recalls a meeting he and his wife Callista had with Trump in Des Moines before his campaign kicked off.

Trump wanted an estimate from Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, of how much a presidential campaign might cost. This would be a lot more fun than a yacht! Dec 01, Blake Dagesse rated it liked it. Understanding Trump The biography Understanding Trump by Newt Gingrich, is an informational novel on how Donald Trump was able to become the president and win a close presidency race.

Gingrich makes the case that Trump does deserve to be in power of the US, and he earned his right to be. As a conservative the author clearly has a slightly bias opinion on Trump, but nonetheless he is able to prove his point on the strengths and weakness of our president. One thing that Gingrich finds as a strengt Understanding Trump The biography Understanding Trump by Newt Gingrich, is an informational novel on how Donald Trump was able to become the president and win a close presidency race.

One thing that Gingrich finds as a strength for Trump is his confidence to say what he feels. This is seen as one of his strengths because he feels that he needs to take action in current issues in America, instead of just talking about taking action. Trump believes that past presidents failed to execute topics they talked about and he wants to change that.

Newt also likes the way Trump gives his speeches to the people, in particular his inaugural speech. Gingrich compares this speech to Reagan's speech, with their ability to relate to the American people, along with their similar mottos. One weakness that Trump has is his use of social media. Trump tends to lash out at people that disagree with his opinions by bashing them on social media.

People believe that he should focus more on American problems and topics. This is a concern because everyone needs to be able to accept different opinions and views on certain topics. The president needs other in power political figures insight into issues in the world and the US, and if not by going off only his take on the subject he could be wrong about how to handle the situation. I enjoyed the book because I was able to learn more about the President of our country. This biography explained his beliefs and tactics he used to win the candidacy.

Also, this book told all of his takes on certain political topics. Stop forcing pro-choice morality on religious organizations. Immediately cease public funding for abortion providers. Stop forcing same-sex marriage on religious organizations. Let parents choose public, private, parochial, or homeschool. Critical Katrina recovery by energetic church volunteers. Responsibility for child's education resides with parents. Civil society is reasserting itself at the ballot.

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