# Trump's recommended books

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-recommended-books/782442>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 17, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-recommended-books/782442 "2017-03-17T22:02:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-recommended-books/782442/22 "2017-03-18T09:42:44Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> What is the special appeal to him of All Quiet? It’s as if he never read it, because G-d knows he never took it to heart. I mean, unless it encouraged his draft-dodging.

It’s from the point of view of the Germans.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-recommended-books/782442/23 "2017-03-18T10:35:11Z")

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> [@Debillw3](#):
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> Ok, just making sure–you’d be surprised what some people think.

I wouldn’t. 😃

Keep in mind that this list was not something Trump gave the interviewer, but what the person who wrote the article cobbled together from various sources over a considerable time period. Not that I think Trump is a secret bibliophile or anything, but the OP makes it sound like Trump rattled off this list and in that order. The order is something the reporter\* made up.

\*Political analyst?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-recommended-books/782442/24 "2017-03-18T12:26:55Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> What is the special appeal to him of All Quiet? It’s as if he never read it, because G-d knows he never took it to heart. I mean, unless it encouraged his draft-dodging.

He loves Corporal Himmelschtotz.

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**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-recommended-books/782442/25 "2017-03-18T12:27:31Z")

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Honestly, the people who continue to support Trump also have the intellect of a squirrel – wait, no, that’s offensive to squirrels.

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**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-recommended-books/782442/26 "2017-03-18T19:43:26Z")

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> [@asahi](#):
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> Honestly, the people who continue to support Trump also have the intellect of a squirrel – wait, no, that’s offensive to squirrels.

That includes the one on Trump’s head.  
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