Hiding in Plain Sight

An interesting book to read, even after Joe Biden was elected to be the next president of the United States. Sarah writes about a nation in despair, a country with lots of inner conflicts. She tells the history of the Trump clan and how they are connected to crimes, money laundering, Russian oligarchs and so on. Its a shame that with all this criminal record Donald Trump faced no legal consequences so far and was able to damage the democracy and international affairs during his presidency.

A remarkable advice for me is the following qoute from the book: "This is why I wrote that open letter encouraging people to write down who they were before autocratic consolidation took hold. I wanted Americans to have a way to remember what we thought of as normal and acceptable and track how far we have deviated."

A very wise advice, especially in the time of a global pandemic where you find out that lots of weird people are around that only care for themselves.

Now if you ask, why not 5 stars, then I need to explain that I got the impression that even while diagnosing more or less the critical condition of the US the author is still looking at some events like the whistleblowing of Eric Snowden with the eyes of an american patriot. Living in a country where the leaders were spied on by the NSA I see this a bit different than her.

Nevertheless, a book to recommend for reading. Hopefully the American nation has learned the lesson in 4 years of Trump's presidency.