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  • Defender in Chief

  • Donald Trump's Fight for Presidential Power
  • By: John Yoo
  • Narrated by: James Edward Thomas
  • Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (34 ratings)

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Defender in Chief

By: John Yoo
Narrated by: James Edward Thomas
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In Defender in Chief, celebrated constitutional scholar John Yoo makes a provocative case against Donald Trump's alleged disruption of constitutional rules and norms.

Donald Trump isn't shredding the Constitution - he's its greatest defender.

Ask any liberal - and many moderate conservatives - and they'll tell you that Donald Trump is a threat to the rule of law and the US Constitution. Mainstream media outlets have reported fresh examples of alleged executive overreach or authoritarian White House decisions nearly every day of his presidency. In the 2020 primaries, the candidates have rushed to accuse Trump of destroying our democracy and jeopardizing our nation's very existence.

Yoo argues that this charge has things exactly backward. Far from considering Trump an inherent threat to our nation's founding principles, Yoo convincingly argues that Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton would have seen Trump as returning to their vision of presidential power, even at his most controversial. It is instead liberal opponents who would overthrow existing constitutional understanding in order to unseat Trump, but in getting their man would inflict permanent damage on the office of the presidency, the most important office in our constitutional system and the world.

This provocative and engaging work is a compelling defense of an embattled president's ideas and actions.

A Macmillan Audio production from All Points Books

"An engaging, completely original, and superbly researched and argued analysis from one of America’s top legal minds that elevates the debate through Yoo’s mastery of history, jurisprudence, and dispassionate scholarship." (Victor Davis Hanson, author of The Case for Trump)

©2020 John Yoo (P)2020 Macmillan Audio
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Balanced and fair by a former skeptic of Trump. He focuses on the founders, The US Constitution and facts of the Trump Presidency.

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Well narrated; awesomely written; Enlightening. Enjoyed listening to truth and constitutionality of our 45th President, Donald J Trump.

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