Vindicating Trump

Donald Trump is unquestionably the most unique and charismatic figure in American politics in a generation. Yet despite his familiarity on the public stage, he remains an enigmatic, mysterious figure. Not since Lincoln has a man drawn such intensely opposite responses, of love and hate, and even in Lincoln’s case the intensity was over the issue of slavery. With Trump, the intensity is over the man.
 
How can the same man inspire such radically opposite reactions, to the point that there are some who would take a bullet for him, and others who celebrate the would-be assassin who actually attempted to take his life? This is the Trump enigma.
 
Then there are Republicans and moderates who seek to sidestep the enigma of Trump the man by saying, “I don’t like him, but I like his policies.”  Yet if Trump’s critics are right that he is an aspiring tyrant, a dictator, something akin to Hitler circa 1933, it is the man—not the policies—that matter most.
 
In an original, searching examination, bestselling author Dinesh D’Souza considers the issue of tyranny in Vindicating Trump by asking key questions: 
 

• Is Trump a tyrant, and would his election a second time imperil democracy and our constitutional system of government? 
• If not—if he didn’t do anything tyrannical in his term in office—then why do his critics say that about him? 
• If Trump isn’t the one imposing a tyrannical regime, then who is?D’Souza makes the startling argument that Trump’s critics accuse him of being a dictator—a Caesar—because Trump does possess the colossal dimensions of a Caesar. He could be a tyrant, if he wanted to. But he doesn’t want to. Rather, he wants to use his immense charisma and power to mobilize the American people against the forces of tyranny and repression, coming from the Democrats and from the Left.

 
This book—and the accompanying film in theaters this fall—is an unqualified defense and vindication of Trump. It makes the case for Trump “as is,” the man as well as the policies. It will rally and inspire Trump supporters and at the same time convince Americans who are ambivalent about Trump that he is the right “wartime general” for the perilous times we face in this country.

DINESH D'SOUZA has had a prominent career as a writer, scholar, public intellectual, and filmmaker. Born in India, D’Souza came to the U.S. as an exchange student at the age of seventeen and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Dartmouth College. The author of many bestselling books including America,The Big Lie, Death of a Nation, and United States of Socialism, he is also the creator of three of the top ten highest-grossing political documentaries ever made.

Praise for Dinesh D'Souza

"Of course, everything [D'Souza] says here is accurate... But it's not going to sit well with people on the American left who, of course, are portraying themselves as the exact opposite of all of this." —Rush Limbaugh (for The Big Lie)

"Stunning...the most profound insight I have read in the last six years about Barack Obama.” —Newt Gingrich (for The Roots of Obama's Rage)

"D'Souza enlivens the familiar material of political screeds with the colorful language of the criminals he came to know, adding to it his own insights as a seasoned political commentator. This is a must-read for any right-leaning readers looking ahead to the 2016 election." —Publishers Weekly (for Stealing America)

“A spirited reminder that the Teflon president cured stagflation, won the cold war, and conquered malaise. Too bad the chattering classes never noticed.” —Robert L. Bartley, editor, Wall Street Journal (for Ronald Reagan)

“The best story I have read in years, and the truest.” —P. J. O’Rourke, author of Parliament of Whores (for Ronald Reagan)

“This book is convincing, eye-opening, and ultimately uplifting. Buy it, and consider yourself lucky.” —Ben Stein, actor and political commentator (for What’s So Great About America)

“This book brings a new personal tone to D’Souza’s always-sharp handling of ideas. There are at least two ‘bests’ in the book: the best discussion I’ve seen on the nature of the Islamic threat, and the best argument against racial reparations. Then there’s the powerful account of D’Souza’s own enchantment with the America he encountered when he first came here as an immigrant from India. My favorite D’Souza book. Read it!” —Shelby Steele, author of The Content of Our Character(for What’s So Great About America)

“Once again, Dinesh D’Souza proves himself a courageous, insightful, and eloquent critic of the American social scene. The End of Racism is more than a scholarly analysis of racial attitudes in America. It is a first person narrative of one of man’s journey across America’s troubled racial landscape—and the hope as well as obstacles he encountered. If there is a path to a true colorblind society, Dinesh D’Souza has helped chart the way.” —Linda Chavez, president, Center for Equal Opportunity; author of Out of the Barrio (for The End of Racism)