Based on the press hype-and partisan hopes-surrounding the publication of James Comey's A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership, you'd expect this insider's expose of Trump's shocking scandals to be, if not the end of his presidency, the beginning of the end.
Comey's book is unlikely to have any impact on Trump's presidency-other than perhaps to strengthen Trump's standing among his supporters.
Trump haters counting on the former head of the FBI to have career-ending dirt on Donald Trump will be gravely disappointed by Comey's book.
As Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com tweeted, it's "Not particularly honorable, if you have information you believe is of immediate and vital national importance, to wait 11 months to release it until you can have a giant book launch and publicity tour." Silver-no Trump fan- calls the book "A Higher Royalty."
Trump supporters were dismissing the fired FBI director and his message before the book even hit, putting Comey's story in the broader context of what they believe was a partisan, pro-Clinton FBI. Comey confirmed their view when he acknowledged that his decision to speak publicly in the last days of the campaign about Clinton's email investigation was influenced by his assumption that Hillary was going to be his new boss.
One GOP campaign operative told me Comey's book "Is a home run for us. This guy hates Trump, and he ran the FBI. If they had anything on Trump, he'd know it, and he'd tell it."
It's hard to call a book that talks about allegations of Moscow prostitutes and bodily functions a "Home run," but the point is that this is yet another bullet that zipped by President Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-dont-expect-comeys-book-to-end-trumps-presidency/
Comey's book is unlikely to have any impact on Trump's presidency-other than perhaps to strengthen Trump's standing among his supporters.
Trump haters counting on the former head of the FBI to have career-ending dirt on Donald Trump will be gravely disappointed by Comey's book.
As Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com tweeted, it's "Not particularly honorable, if you have information you believe is of immediate and vital national importance, to wait 11 months to release it until you can have a giant book launch and publicity tour." Silver-no Trump fan- calls the book "A Higher Royalty."
Trump supporters were dismissing the fired FBI director and his message before the book even hit, putting Comey's story in the broader context of what they believe was a partisan, pro-Clinton FBI. Comey confirmed their view when he acknowledged that his decision to speak publicly in the last days of the campaign about Clinton's email investigation was influenced by his assumption that Hillary was going to be his new boss.
One GOP campaign operative told me Comey's book "Is a home run for us. This guy hates Trump, and he ran the FBI. If they had anything on Trump, he'd know it, and he'd tell it."
It's hard to call a book that talks about allegations of Moscow prostitutes and bodily functions a "Home run," but the point is that this is yet another bullet that zipped by President Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-dont-expect-comeys-book-to-end-trumps-presidency/
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