I Alone Can Fix it by Leonnig and Rucker

I ALONE CAN FIX IT by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker is the sequel to their bestseller A Very Stable Genius and in this case documents “Donald J. Trump's Catastrophic Final Year.”  It felt at times as though this book should come with trigger warnings, especially as we are currently dealing with the consequences of his (in)actions, hearing about the continued vaccine hesitancy, and watching COVID numbers rise. Leonnig and Rucker are Pulitzer-prize winning reporters for The Washington Post and use their many professional contacts to describe events, meetings, and conversations about the start of the pandemic, the lead-up to the 2020 election, and its aftermath. Much to consider and reconsider here with the role of the Wuhan Lab being just one example. Others are the role of advisors (including the military and General Milley in particular); separation between governing and political optics (e.g., the Lafayette Square photo op), race relations and divisiveness in America. This book (described elsewhere as “essential reading,” “meticulous history,” and “bombshell reporting”) will be invaluable to future students trying to understand our time. I ALONE CAN FIX IT received a starred review from Kirkus.