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  • Rough Beast

  • Who Donald Trump Really Is, What He’ll Do If Re-Elected, and Why Democracy Must Prevail
  • By: Greg Olear
  • Narrated by: Greg Olear
  • Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins

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Rough Beast

By: Greg Olear
Narrated by: Greg Olear
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Publisher's Summary

Who is the real Donald Trump? A serial liar with long ties to both organized crime and the Kremlin. A corrupt demagogue whom most historians consider the worst U.S. president of all time. And, most urgently, a vengeful wannabe dictator whose re-election would end American democracy.

In this short and necessary volume, Dirty Rubles author Greg Olear presents the facts about FPOTUS: who he is, what he plans to do, and why the country cannot survive a second Trump term. Donald Trump is a Rough Beast. America is slouching towards dictatorship.

©2024 Greg Olear (P)2024 Greg Olear
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  • Categories: History

Critic Reviews

“As readable as it is horrifying, Greg Olear’s Rough Beast bathes the reader in unassailable facts about the presumptive Republican nominee…This is real. This is not a drill. Avoid reading this very necessary book at freedom’s peril.”—Rachel Slade, author of Into the Raging Sea and Making It In America

Rough Beast lays out in detail who, and what, the US would be bringing back into office, and the picture should frighten anyone who isn't going to directly benefit from theocratic autocracy.”—Brynn Tannehill, author of American Fascism: How the GOP is Subverting Democracy

"If Donald Trump wins a second term in office, it won't be at all like his first—it will be much, much worse. As Greg Olear shows with bracing clarity in Rough Beast, Trump is a criminal who is desperate for power and revenge. Trump is running for dictator and the 2024 election might be the nation's last.”—Jennifer Mercieca, author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump

“Greg Olear’s voice—informed, erudite, outraged, lyrical and concise—is the necessary antidote to Steve Bannon’s ‘flood the zone with sh*t’ MAGA chaos communications strategy. Buy, read, and share this book wherever the madness of Trump’s first term has left memory holes.”—Nina Burleigh, author of Virus and The Trump Women: Part of the Deal

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