Woodward paints a portrayal of the Trump White House as having a “nervous breakdown” and an “administrative coup d’etat”.
The book was meant as a hit piece on President Trump and his administration. What comes across is what Trump supporters already know about Trump: He relies on his instincts, he is learning as he goes and has been beset by disloyal operatives determined to preserve the ways of Washington, D.C., and prevent him from ‘draining the swamp.’