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Team of Vipers

My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House

Author: Cliff Sims  

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The first honest insider's account of the Trump administration.

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The first honest insider's account of the Trump administration.

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After standing at Donald Trump's side on Election Night, Cliff Sims joined him in the West Wing as Special Assistant to the President and Director of White House Message Strategy. He soon found himself pulled into the President's inner circle as a confidante, errand boy, advisor, punching bag, and friend-sometimes all in the same conversation.

As a result, Sims gained unprecedented access to the President, sitting in on private meetings with key Congressional officials, world leaders, and top White House advisors. He saw how Trump handled the challenges of the office, and he learned from Trump himself how he saw the world.

For five hundred days, Sims also witnessed first-hand the infighting and leaking, the anger, joy, and recriminations. He had a role in some of the President's biggest successes, and he shared the blame for some of his administration's worst disasters. He gained key, and often surprising, insights into the players of the Trump West Wing, from Kushner and Kelly to Bannon and Conway. He even helped Trump craft his enemies list. And he took notes. Hundreds of pages of notes.

Sims now tells the story that no one else has written-because no one else could. The story of power and palace intrigue, backstabbing and bold victories, as well as painful moral compromises, occasionally with yourself. Team of Vipers tells the full story, as only a true insider could.

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Critic Reviews

“"Sims' book makes much of infighting among White House staff. "The whole thing felt like Game of Thrones, but with the characters from Veep," writes Sims" -- Axios "What is most memorable about Team of Vipers is the joylessness of working for this president and the acrid aftertaste it leaves." -- The Guardian "But like other accounts of the Trump White House written by former staff members or journalists, the narrative and anecdotes support much of the real-time reporting about the administration. Mr. Sims also writes that leaks by various staff members have been in service of creating specific portraits of events or undermining rivals. They have not always portrayed the full truth, he suggests." -- The New York Times "Sims, who enjoyed uncommon personal access to Trump, recounts expletive-filled scenes of chaos, dysfunction and duplicity among the president, his family members and administration officials. Unlike memoirs of other Trump officials, Sims's book is neither a sycophantic portrayal of the president nor a blistering account written to settle scores." --The Washington Post "Some lively writing, but also has some extraordinary exchanges." -- John Dickerson, Slate Political Gabfest”

"Sims' book makes much of infighting among White House staff. "The whole thing felt like Game of Thrones, but with the characters from Veep," writes Sims" --Axios

"What is most memorable about Team of Vipers is the joylessness of working for this president and the acrid aftertaste it leaves." --The Guardian

"But like other accounts of the Trump White House written by former staff members or journalists, the narrative and anecdotes support much of the real-time reporting about the administration. Mr. Sims also writes that leaks by various staff members have been in service of creating specific portraits of events or undermining rivals. They have not always portrayed the full truth, he suggests." --The New York Times

"Sims, who enjoyed uncommon personal access to Trump, recounts expletive-filled scenes of chaos, dysfunction and duplicity among the president, his family members and administration officials. Unlike memoirs of other Trump officials, Sims's book is neither a sycophantic portrayal of the president nor a blistering account written to settle scores." --The Washington Post

"Some lively writing, but also has some extraordinary exchanges." --John Dickerson, Slate Political Gabfest

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About the Author

CLIFF SIMS was the CEO of Yellowhammer Multimedia, Alabama's premiere source for political news, until he joined the Trump campaign in August 2016. After the election, he moved from Trump Tower to the West Wing, where he crafted the White House's messaging. He's now the president of Telegraph Creative, a full-service creative shop and digital transformation firm. He lives with his wife and dog in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Product Details

Publisher
St Martin's Press
Published
28th January 2020
Pages
384
ISBN
9781250253644

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