A Very Stable Genius: An eerie insider’s view of the telly addict in the White House

Politics: Two Washington Post writers have produced an unnerving, unintentionally funny portrait of a man profoundly in the wrong job – and a nation governed by his TV set

Donald Trump is the subject of yet another unflattering overview of his chaotic presidency to date. Picture: Getty

A Very Stable Genius: Donald J Trump’s Testing of America

By Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig

Bloomsbury, €25

A Very Stable Genius is a very funny book about a man who is very bad at his job. It is not meant to be a funny book, because the job in question is president of the United States and the man who is very bad at it is Donald J Trump. But it is very funny, ...