Mehrsa's Reviews > Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America

As someone who thought Trump was an existential threat to democracy and also a horrible human being, this book should have been catnip, but it was a little too over the top and paranoid. I just haven't been persuaded by some of the international crime schemes. I think Trump is who he is without the hidden russian crime stuff. I mean, I don't claim that the crime ties aren't there, but what he is is someone who doesn't much care about the laws or institutions and he's been very clear about who he is from the beginning. His character, or lack therof, has not been hidden at all.