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Americans didnt just go to the polls in 2016. They joined a movement that swept the unlikeliest of candidates, Donald Trump, into the Oval Office. Can he complete his agenda? Or will his opponents in the media, protestor class, and political establishment block his efforts and choke off the movement he represents?In Billionaire at the Barricades, Laura Ingraham gives readers a front row seat to the populist revolution as she witnessed it. She reveals the origins of this movement and its connection to the Trump presidency. She unmasks the opposition, forecasts the future of the Make America Great Again agenda and offers her own prescriptions for bringing real change to the swamp of Washington.Unlike most of her media colleagues, Ingraham understood Trumps appeal and defied those who wrote his political obituary. Now she confronts the presidents critics and responds to those who deny the importance of his America First agenda. With sharp humor and insight she traces the DNA of the populist movement: from Goldwaters 1964 campaign, to Nixons Silent Majority, to Reagans smashing electoral victories.Populism fueled the insurgency campaigns of Buchanan and Perot, the election of George W. Bush, and the Tea Party rallies of the Obama presidency. But a political novice -- a Manhattan billionaire -- proved to be the movements most vocal champion. This is the inside story of his victory and the fitful struggle to enact his agenda.This book has also been published as Busting the Barricades: What I Saw at the Populist Revolt.
About the Author
Laura Ingraham is the most listened-to woman in political talk radio
in the United States. "The Laura Ingraham Show" is heard on hundreds
of stations nationwide and has been addicting legions of listeners
since its launch in 2001. Always smart and entertaining, Laura is a
regular Fox News contributor and the principal substitute host on The
O'Reilly Factor. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of
four books--The Hillary Trap, Shut Up & Sing, Power to the People, and
new smash hit The Obama Diaries, released July 2010. A former
litigator and Supreme Court law clerk, Laura is a gradate of
University of Virginia School of law and Dartmouth College. She is
also an avid supporter of our troops and a variety of military
organizations. Laura lives in the Washington, D.C. area with her two
children. Her new book "Of Thee I Zing!" comes out July 12th.
