Philip Rucker Books
Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker are Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists for The Washington Post. Leonnig is known for her investigative reporting on government and national security, while Rucker has served as the newspaper’s White House bureau chief.
Known for: A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America, I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
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A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America
This investigative book offers a detailed account of the Trump presidency, based on hundreds of hours of interviews with senior officials, aides, and witnesses. It explores the chaos, decision-making,...
I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
This nonfiction book provides a detailed account of the final year of Donald J. Trump's presidency, focusing on his administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 election, and the event...
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Early White House Turmoil
The first months of the Trump administration unfolded like a constant storm. The transition, which should have been a period of careful planning, was instead marked by confusion and rivalry. There was no unified structure guiding newcomers into the responsibilities of governing. Longstanding civil s...
From A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America
The Pentagon Meeting
One of the defining stories we uncovered occurred in July 2017 within the Pentagon’s secure conference room, known as “the Tank.” Senior military leaders gathered to instruct President Trump on America’s global alliances, hoping to ground his approach in strategy rather than impulse. They displayed ...
From A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump's Testing of America
Early 2020: The Emergence of COVID-19 and the Administration’s Initial Response
Early 2020 began almost quietly inside the West Wing. Reports from abroad spoke of a new respiratory virus spreading across Wuhan, China, but Trump’s inner circle, largely focused on re-election strategy, saw it as distant noise. Leonnig and Rucker reconstruct those pivotal weeks with clarity and te...
From I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
The White House Task Force: Tensions Between Trump and Health Experts
When the pandemic became impossible to dismiss, Trump convened the coronavirus task force, ostensibly to demonstrate command. In reality, Leonnig and Rucker reveal, it became a stage for daily conflict. Fauci personified empirical restraint; Birx, professional composure wrapped around exhaustion; an...
From I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year
About Philip Rucker
Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker are Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists for The Washington Post. Leonnig is known for her investigative reporting on government and national security, while Rucker has served as the newspaper’s White House bureau chief.
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Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker are Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists for The Washington Post. Leonnig is known for her investigative reporting on government and national security, while Rucker has served as the newspaper’s White House bureau chief.
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