Traitor: A History of American Betrayal from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump

David Rothkopf

Oct 2020 · Macmillan + ORM

About this ebook

"Rothkopf does a brilliant job defining precisely how Trump has been aiding and abetting the enemy... compelling." --Financial Times

Political historian and commentator David Rothkopf shows how Trump will be judged by history (Spoiler alert: not well) in Traitor.

Donald Trump is unfit in almost every respect for the high office he holds. But what distinguishes him from every other bad leader the U.S. has had is that he has repeatedly, egregiously, betrayed his country. Regardless of how Senate Republicans have let him off the hook, the facts available to the public show that Trump has met every necessary standard to define his behavior as traitorous.

He has clearly broken faith with the people of the country he was chosen to lead, starting long before he took office, then throughout his time in the White House. And we may not yet have seen the last of his crimes. But the story we know so far is so outrageous and disturbing that it raises a question that has never before been presented in American history: is the president of the United States the greatest threat this country faces in the world?

We also need to understand how the country has historically viewed such crimes and how it has treated them in the past to place what has happened in perspective. After his examination of traitors including Benedict Arnold, Aaron Burr, and leaders of the Confederacy, David Rothkopf concludes that Donald Trump and his many abettors have committed the highest-level, greatest, most damaging betrayal in the history of the country.

Ratings and reviews

Just saw this mental midget/extreme far left whacko on TV trying to promote this trash he tries to call a book. What an azzmonkey! This book is nothing but lies and can be fact checked to prove it. I just did personally. This dumb-kopf spewed so many outrageous lies that it was breathtaking in it's atrociousness. For example, he says the Trump admin was criminal in sending Federal troops to restore peace to the ravaged American cites like Portland. He actually said "Federal troops were dispatched to quell "peaceful" protests!? If you want to read a piece of anti-American fiction by the TRUE American traitor, dumb-kopf...read the book. I stole one so I could use it for toilet paper.

It’s a great book explaining the facts of the worst president of the United States of America. The far right wackos will never leave the alter of Trump to believe anything but what Donald tells them. Bunch of pathetic traitors !!

Great book. There are many books out describing what a piece of garbage Donald Trump is but this one is a different take on all the damage he has done. Definitely worth the read.

About the author

DAVID ROTHKOPF is an author and commentator who has written extensively on politics, power and national security. Recent books include Great Questions of Tomorrow, National Insecurity, Power, Inc., Superclass, and Running the World. He is a former senior official in the Clinton Administration and has taught international affairs at Columbia, Georgetown, and Johns Hopkins. He lives in New York City.