The #1 New York Times Bestseller He s one of the best chroniclers of politics today. Jake
Tapper This is a really funny book. Kara Swisher His writing is so damn good. John Berman
Really fascinating...There are so many revelations. Anderson Cooper The new must read summer
book. Stephanie RuhleFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Town the
eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington s
swamp into a gold-plated hot tub and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a
sycophantic personality cult. In the early months of Trump s candidacy the Republican Party s
most important figures people such as Marco Rubio Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham were united
and loud in their scorn and contempt. Even more in their outrage: Trump was a menace and an
affront to our democracy. Then awkwardly Trump won. Thank You for Your Servitude is Mark
Leibovich s unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party tracking
the transformation of Rubio Cruz Graham and their ilk into the administration s chief
enablers and the swamp s lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift. What would these
politicos do to preserve their place in the sun or at least the orbit of the spray tan? What
would they do to preserve their relevance ? Almost anything it turns out. Trump s savage
bullying of everyone in his circle along with his singular command of his political base
created a dangerous culture of submission in the Republican Party. Meanwhile many of the most
alpha of the lapdogs happily conceded to Mark Leibovich that they were in on the joke. As
Lindsey Graham told the author his supporters in South Carolina generally don t read The New
York Times and they won t read this book either. All that cynicism shading into nihilism
led to a country truly unhinged from reality and to the events of January 6 2021. It s a
vista that makes the Washington of This Town seem like a comedy of manners in comparison. Thank
You for Your Servitude isn t another view from the Oval Office: it s the view from the Trump
Hotel. We can check out any time we want but only time will tell if we can ever leave.
