Just yesterday I began reading Kamala Harris’ account of their 107-day run for presidency in their book 107 Days. Before this morning’s briefing re: Venezuela, I got to the picture section of the book. The last picture in the collection is of Kamala Harris certifying the election on January 6, 2025, two weeks before Trump’s inauguration as 47th president. Finished the book a bit ago (review further down).
I’ll be blunt and write that I never voted for Trump, the presidency is the wrong role for their ‘talents’. It didn’t take with the people as much as ‘outrage fatigue’ apparently did (I might’ve coined that in a previous blog- I definitely created the word ‘equicog’ for those potato-tomato words), but I thought the alliterative ‘Turbulent Trump’ was a solid and valid diminutive that was still a cut above what Trump trots out. I’ve been a registered independent for well over a decade.
The book: a solid and quick read! The chapters trace each day like a retrospective diary, some are less than a page long. Fairly riveting, and I think a very worthy addition to the genre. I will say that it might be a bit too fresh off the presses having come out a few months ago – less than a year after the pivotal election – as the ‘blame’ landed a little funny. Maybe a little too much of it at all for my taste on the regular, but then again, a sudden, unprecedented 107-day sprint that doesn’t result in a win? Earns the right to complain a little bit. A fighting book, but with so much more class than running a 4-year campaign steeped in revenge and country-grabbing ego.