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From bestselling progressive talk show host Thom Hartmann comes an urgent autopsy of American democracy, showing how plutocrats, political cowardice, and systemic rot built the perfect runway for Trumps authoritarian ascent.
The Last American President rips open Americas wounded democracy to expose a terrifying truth: Donald Trump isnt an anomalyhes the inevitable product of a system engineered to fail. This searing investigation reveals how a man forged by childhood trauma, pathological narcissism, and calculated cruelty didnt hijack democracyhe was handed the keys by those who should have been its guardians.
Hartmann uncovers the unholy alliance between Trumps damaged psyche and Americas rotted institutions. From Fred Trumps brutal parenting to Roy Cohns lessons in shamelessness, from a Republican Party that traded principles for power to billionaire donors who treated democracy as a profit center, this book exposes the assembly line that manufactured an authoritarian.
But this is about more than Trumps pastits about Americas future. As climate catastrophe accelerates and fascism spreads globally, Hartmann reveals the nightmare scenario: a second Trump term that doesnt just end American democracy but also triggers irreversible planetary damage. Through meticulous research and unflinching analysis, he shows how political cowardice and corporate greed created the perfect storm that could extinguish humanitys last chance at survival.
This isnt just political commentaryits a last-minute alarm sounding before the point of no return.
Author: Thom Hartmann
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 09/23/2025
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9798890571847
Language: English
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