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"Great new book out by @realKTMcFarland, 'Revolution: Trump, Washington and We the People.'" – President Donald J. Trump

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A Wall Street Journal bestseller.

When Trump’s first Deputy National Security Advisor left Washington, she disappeared from sight. Now former government official and political commentator KT McFarland returns with tenacity, resolve, and the truth about the Trump Administration and those seeking to destroy it.

For decades, KT McFarland has been one of the country’s most prominent conservative foreign policy experts. She was part of the Trump Revolution from the beginning. As Trump’s first Deputy National Security Advisor, she had a seat at the table for everything: Trump’s unconventional campaign and upset victory; his throw-out-the-rule-book Trump Tower Transition; the chaotic first months in the West Wing; the unusual events surrounding General Flynn’s firing; and the sprawling Mueller investigation.

In Revolution, she walks the reader through the Washington Establishment’s relentless efforts to destroy Trump, populism, and nationalism in order to keep their own hands on the levers of power. The Trump Revolution, like the Reagan Revolution and all the anti-Establishment political revolutions before it, will ultimately prevail. It is this ability to reinvent ourselves, not just as individuals but as a society, that lies at the heart of American Exceptionalism.

When McFarland left the Trump Administration and Washington, she disappeared from public view and refused to discuss her experiences. Now, for the first time, McFarland tells a story that reads more like a political thriller than a tour through this unique moment in history. Written with unusual candor, with insights into Trump and his inner circle, Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong-un, McFarland’s book is destined to become a classic.

If you only read one book about the Age of Trump, make it Revolution: Trump, Washington and “We the People.”
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"KT McFarland's foreign policy experience spans decades. She was a junior aide to Kissinger, a foot-soldier in the Reagan Revolution, and a national security and foreign policy leader of the Trump Revolution. Her insights into American national security—past, present and future—are indispensable." -- Former Senator Joseph Lieberman

"KT McFarland has personal insider knowledge of how big the fight for freedom is and how dangerous the opponents of freedom both inside the United States and outside are to all of us. An Important testimony to the great struggle of our times." -- Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House

"Over the years KT McFarland has had the courage to challenge conventional wisdom on foreign policy, and has almost always been right. In this book she sounds the alarm about the strategic, technological and economic threats posed by an aggressive, rising China, and lays out what America can do about it." -- Matt Schlapp, Chairman of American Conservative Union

"KT McFarland is an exceptional student, writer, and professional warrior. She had the extraordinary experience of learning from the masters of foreign policy and defense in the Nixon and Reagan presidencies, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and Defense Secretary Cap Weinberger and the others that mattered. She's a pro's pro! She watched it up close; learned the lessons of diplomacy, both the successes and the failures, and was prepared to offer that experience to the new Trump White House. She now shares those lessons with you the reader. If 'in the room decision making' interests you, this is a must read!" -- Ed Rollins, Former White House Assistant to President Reagan, National Campaign Director Reagan-Bush '84

"KT McFarland has been focused on the national security interests of the United States since her time as a young aide to Dr. Henry Kissinger. She has never stopped studying how to protect the U.S. since that time, through her time advising President Trump's 2016 campaign and setting up its national security shop and in her distinguished media career before and after. Now comes her account of the 'Revolution' we are all living through. 'The Washington elites were stunned by Trump's victory,' McFarland writes in the opening pages of this eyewitness account. If they want to get over their shock while also recognizing the growing perils to the country from abroad, this timely important book is the place for them—and all Americans—to start." -- Hugh Hewitt, Nationally Syndicated Radio Talk Show Host, President of the Richard Nixon Foundation

“KT McFarland has been at the center of Republican foreign policymaking for decades, starting in the 1970s when she first worked on the National Security Council, continuing through the Reagan Administration, Fox News, and then as President Trump’s first Deputy National Security Advisor. Well written and perceptively argued, Revolution provides interesting insights into the beginning stages of Trump’s foreign policy and the reasoning behind it.”

-- Henry A. Kissinger, Former Secretary of State

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The Hon. Kathleen Troia “KT” McFarland is one of the country’s most prominent conservative foreign policy experts. She was President Trump’s first Deputy National Security Advisor and helped turn Trump’s campaign promises into his America First foreign policy. Prior to joining the Trump Administration, she was FOX News’ National Security Analyst. McFarland appeared regularly on all FOX and FOX Business News programs, hosted FOXNews.com’s “DEFCON3,” and wrote a regular column for the FOX Opinion page.

McFarland held national security posts in the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan Administrations, including as an aide to Dr. Henry Kissinger on the National Security Council. She received the Defense Department’s highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Service Award, for her work in the Reagan Administration. She is an alumna of George Washington University (BA), Oxford (MA), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD program (all but dissertation).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Post Hill Press; Illustrated edition (February 25, 2020)
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  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1642934046
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The Hon. Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland is one of the country’s most prominent conservative foreign policy experts. She was President Trump’s first Deputy National Security Advisor and helped turn Trump’s campaign promises into his America First foreign policy. Prior to joining the Trump Administration, she was FOX News’ National Security Analyst. McFarland appeared regularly on all FOX and FOX Business News programs; hosted FOXNews.com's "DEFCON3" and wrote a regular column for the FOX Opinion page.

McFarland held national security posts in the Nixon, Ford and Reagan Administrations: including as an aide to Dr. Henry Kissinger on the National Security Council. She received the Defense Department's highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Service Award for her work in the Reagan Administration. She is an alumna of George Washington University (BA), Oxford (MA), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD program (all but dissertation).

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5.0 out of 5 stars ~~..remember what unites us....~~
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2020
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This author has experiences dating back years and years including those where she learned from Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Defense Secretary Cap Weinberger. And, was a member of the National Security Advisory Team prior to President Trump's election. After his election, she joined the White House Team for a brief period of time.

An extremely well written book which goes into great detail on the subject matter in each chapter. There are chapters on the reason that she joined the Trump Revolution, Washington's Failed Economic and Foreign Policy, The Real Donald Trump, China First, America First, Impeachment, and We've Always had Revolutions....just to name a few.

The reason I found this a fascinating read is that the author places the blame on both the Democrats and the Republican parties...when justified....and goes into great detail with the explanations. After 9/11 both President Bush and Obama added workers to the federal workforce and the expansion of national security added '50 billion dollars a year' to the budget. Several more instances of both parties being responsible are in the text.

The writing is clear and concise and, as a reader, I appreciate that aspect. The chapter on Elitists and Populists was educational for me to read. One of the chapters that offered me an outstanding explanation was the one that covered our various conflicts overseas....Afghanistan and the Taliban, Iraq and Syria. The author has her finger on the pulses of those regions and her explanations of the reasons we can't win ring so true with me. Her trip to the Bamiyan Valley proves her point exceptionally well.

The chapter on 'We've Always Had Revolutions' was educational to me, as well. She delineates the four traits that are common in each of those occurrences. So interesting to read.

As she states near the end 'we need to remember what unites us'...I couldn't agree more.

This is an informative, educational, well written book based on the author's years of experience and backed up with facts. Doesn't get any better than that for me.

Most highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Every American Should Read This Book!
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I saw KT MacFarland on Fox Business TV, Stuart Varney Show and was very impressed with her candor and depth of experience in 5 decades of working in Washington. I was so interested to learn more about her career and opinions I immediately bought her hard cover book and loved every bit of it up to page 106, had to take a break and then dove in again to finish the last 241 pages over the weekend. I found it so well written for the average non pundit like me to fully grasp all the world issues. I could not put it down. The real humanity of her experiences made me respect her rich perspective immediately. She was not talking down to me, and helped me comprehend easily the complicated world issues especially about Russia and China and our internal American deep state government that need to be cleaned up. I wished I was with her the day the FBI came knocking on her door unannounced....I want to protect her from ever having to go through those crushing interrogations again.
Page 74, the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs explained socialism vs capitalism with a pie analogy that made it a very simple concept to describe to my liberal friends, who had not experienced the failure of socialism in Great Britain in the 1970's as I had done.
I thoroughly enjoyed her chapter on " China First" that gave a great overview of the historic and economic issues we face with China. I think the average American needs to know a lot more about the China threat. Pages 96 & 97 where she discusses their "Silk Road" to Europe is scary, stating that China is working with 70 nations to build highways, rail and new cities, all with Chinese loans and by Chinese workers. If they fail to make payments, China will take over the assets and control the area. She used the analogy with the Roman Empire. Equally fascinated, I devoured the chapter on Russia and Putin.
Reading about KT MacFarland's 5 decades of experience in National Security and Foreign Policy has been an eye opener. I appreciated she gave credit or blame with equal measure where due to either political party, with a broader perspective that we need so badly.
She inspired me, educated me, and gave me faith in the American Dream, leading by example in her personal and professional life. We need more leaders like KTMacFarland!
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KT McFarland shows herself to be a woman of judgment and gravitas. She gives readers a clear-eyed view of D.C., not from an elitist pundit point of view, but from one who has had a lifelong career in a town that has become the epitome of everything the founders had hoped the Constitution would control. McFarland provides excellent insights to a president who is unlike any other – the good and the bad; a press that no longer reports but creates fiction. She exposes a corps of ruling elites, living in the five richest counties in the nation surrounding D.C. They will do anything to keep power in their own hands, as reflected in the horror story of what she endured at the hands of the deep state. It's a disturbing story and chilling to learn how the FBI and Congress were able to put her in a position where she was almost ready to say whatever they wanted to stop the carnage to herself and her family, despite none of the accusations being truthful or based in fact. And this from a woman who had some of the best legal minds in the nation to defend her. It's clear from her writing that the Washington establishment (both parties) has become entrenched in their self-serving, wealth-grabbing, and vice-like grip on power. Hence, they couldn't accept that the people had the temerity to vote against their will and elect a disruptor. This is an objective view of how our government works and her life and service; all of it isn't pretty. To appreciate Revolution, one must read with an open mind and the ability to see and accept differing points of view.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book.
Reviewed in Canada on July 23, 2020
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Great perspective for one of the most intelligent people in Washington. She called it right years ago!
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„When the Mueller people came knocking at my door, they started quizzing me on stuff that I didn’t have access to and didn’t remember 100 percent accurately, and it allowed them to say, ‘well you must be lying then’.“ (Debra Heine, K.T. McFarland Says Mueller Interrogators Put Her Through ‘Hell’ and Left Her ‘Traumatized’, American Greatness, February 19, 2020)
Mit diesen Worten beschrieb K.T. McFarland in einem Radiointerview ihre negativen Erfahrungen mit den übermotivierten Mitarbeitern von Sonderermittler Robert Mueller, die sich intensiv darum bemühten, sie rechtlich zu belangen und finanziell zu ruinieren. Wie wir heute wissen, waren diese „Ermittlungen“ von Anfang an auf einer Lüge aufgebaut und dienten alleine dem letztlich vergeblichen Versuch, Donald Trump und seine Mitstreiter als Vasallen Putins zu diffamieren.
Die Autorin, die als stellvertretende Nationale Sicherheitsberaterin für Präsident Trump arbeitete, schildert in diesem informativen Buch ihre Sicht der Dinge, die sich deutlich von dem unterscheidet, was in den Leitmedien ständig zu lesen, zu sehen und zu hören ist.

McFarland beginnt ihre Ausführungen mit der Darstellung ihres persönlichen und beruflichen Hintergrundes. Sie beschreibt ausführlich, wie es dazu kam, dass sie als eine Vertreterin des republikanischen und außenpolitischen Establishments den Außenseiter aus New York unterstützte.
Sie schildert die italienische Herkunft ihrer Familie und ihren sozialen Aufstieg, der mit einem Studium an der George Washington University begann. In den frühen siebziger Jahren wurde sie für Henry Kissinger tätig, der zu ihrem Mentor wurde. Kissinger half McFarland im Verlauf ihrer langen Karriere immer wieder, wofür sie sich bei ihm auch artig bedankte:
„He has been a boss, mentor and friend for decades, beginning with my first job in Washington, when I was a freshman at George Washington University in 1970. It continued through my years at Oxford and MIT, during the Reagan Administration, while I was in cable news and coming full circle when I joined the Trump Administration – in the same West Wing office that I had started working in 45 years before.“ (Statement of K.T. McFarland, Nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Singapore, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, July 20, 2017)

Im Unterschied zur politischen Klasse ihres Landes sieht McFarland die interne und externe Entwicklung der Vereinigten Staaten seit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges jedoch in keinem guten Licht. So wird der amerikanische Traum für immer weniger Menschen realisierbar. Während die Unter- und Mittelschicht durch die Auswüchse der Globalisierung erhebliche Nachteile erleidet, profitiert die Oberschicht davon ungemein.
Für die Autorin ist es Trump zu verdanken, dass diese Problematik endlich offen angegangen wird. Die US-Politik muss die wirtschaftlichen Interessen von allen Amerikanern berücksichtigen. Die „kleinen Leute“ dürfen nicht vernachlässigt oder vergessen werden.
Im Bereich der Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik ergibt sich für die Autorin ebenfalls ein großer Handlungsbedarf. Hier haben sich die USA zu sehr auf den Nahen Osten konzentriert und dabei den Fernen Osten vergessen. Die chinesische Herausforderung, die aufgrund ihrer machtpolitischen Relevanz eigentlich ins Zentrum der Aufmerksamkeit gehört, blieb weitgehend unbeantwortet. Erst Donald Trump machte es zu seiner Priorität, dem „Reich der Mitte“ entschlossen entgegenzutreten.

McFarland entschied sich daher, sich dem Team des frisch gewählten Präsidenten anzuschließen. Hierbei stellte sie schnell fest, dass niemand auf den bevorstehenden Machtwechsel wirklich vorbereitet war. In ihrem Buch heißt es:
„Trump’s upset election was a shock to everyone, including the Trump campaign. The early days were chaotic, as campaign officials transformed into a government-in-waiting. It was filled with first-timers to government who inevitably made rookie mistakes.“
Die Autorin, die im Vergleich zu ihren Kollegen aus dem Trump-Team über eine Menge an Regierungserfahrung verfügte, organisierte den Aufbau des Nationalen Sicherheitsrates (NSC) von New York aus. Dabei schaffte sie es, einige Mitarbeiter zu gewinnen, die sich als ein Glücksfall für die Trump-Administration erwiesen. Zu nennen ist hier insbesondere Matthew Pottinger, der heute als stellvertretender Nationaler Sicherheitsberater den selben Job ausübt, den einst McFarland im Weißen Haus innehatte.

Sie war allerdings nur von Januar bis Mai 2017 im Amt. Überschattet wurde ihre kurze Amtszeit von den Angriffen auf ihren Boss, Generalleutnant a. D. Michael Flynn. Dieser wurde als erster Nationaler Sicherheitsberater von Präsident Trump zum Opfer der permanenten Bürokratie und der Medien, die seinen Sturz perfide herbeiführten.
In ihrem Buch konnte McFarland noch nicht auf Dokumente zurückgreifen, die inzwischen der Öffentlichkeit vorliegen. Demnach waren die Untersuchungen gegen Michael Flynn ein abgekartetes Spiel, welches jeder realen Grundlage entbehrte. In einem Artikel schreibt die Autorin dazu passend:
„Turns out the entire Russian investigation was a sham, and Obama administration officials knew it from the get-go.“ („Russia hoax – Obama team's shocking abuse of power“, Fox News, May 28, 2020)
Und Krystina Skurk stellt in einem anderen Beitrag treffend fest:
„The fact that the Obama administration targeted Flynn isn’t just a crime against him, but a crime against our constitutional system.“ („6 Ways The Obama Administration Railroaded The Rule Of Law To Destroy Michael Flynn“, The Federalist, May 20, 2020)

Für McFarland hatte der Abgang von Flynn ebenfalls höchst unangenehme Konsequenzen. Als Erstes verlor sie ihren Job im Westflügel, weil der Nachfolger von Flynn seinen eigenen Stellvertreter einsetzen wollte. Als Zweites geriet sie selbst in den Strudel der Mueller-Ermittlungen, die darauf abzielten, ihr ein Verbrechen zu unterstellen oder sie dazu zu bringen, andere schwer zu belasten.
„They gave me the distinct impression after … 20, 30, 40 hours of hell that they wanted me to either plead guilty to a crime I didn’t feel I committed, or to talk about other people having done things that I didn’t think they had done“, erklärte sie in dem eingangs zitierten Interview.
Nach endlosen Befragungen und stetig steigenden Anwaltskosten war McFarland derart zermürbt, dass sie dazu bereit war, den Mueller-Inquisitoren alles zu sagen, was diese hören wollten; unabhängig davon, ob ihre Aussagen der Wahrheit entsprachen.
„You can’t do that. Even if we go bankrupt“, meinte ihr Ehemann, dem sie dieses Buch auch gewidmet hat, zu dieser fürchterlichen Angelegenheit. Der uneingeschränkte Beistand von Alan McFarland rettete sie über diese existenzielle Krise hinweg. Schließlich verloren die politisch angetriebenen Mueller-Inquisitoren ihr Interesse an ihr.

Als Drittes wurde ihre Nominierung zur US-Botschafterin in Singapur systematisch unterminiert. Präsident Trump hatte McFarland diesen Posten als eine Art von Trostpreis angeboten, damit sie ihre Entlassung als stellvertretende Nationale Sicherheitsberaterin besser verkraften würde. Die Demokraten im Kongress waren jedoch nicht gewillt, sie als Amerikas Spitzendiplomatin nach Singapur zu entsenden. Sie taten alles, um ihre Nominierung zu hintertreiben. In ihrer Arbeit führt sie dazu aus:
„I was told that several Democrat staff members bragged, ‘We’re never going to let her be confirmed!’ When I heard from a reporter that yet another Democrat staffer joked, ‘The only way that K.T. McFarland is getting to Singapore is if she swims,’ I decided I had finally had enough. I was tired of being a plaything for Democrat senators and their staffers.“
Deshalb bat sie Präsident Trump darum, ihre Nominierung zurückzuziehen. Gleichzeitig versicherte sie Trump, sich weiterhin loyal zu verhalten und ihn und seine Agenda auch zukünftig zu unterstützen.

Nach all diesem Stress musste sich McFarland erst einmal erholen. Sie zog sich mit ihrem Ehemann nach Schottland zurück, wo sie ungestört über das gerade Erlebte reflektieren konnte. In einem ausführlichen Gespräch mit Jan Jekielek meinte sie rückblickend dazu:
„When I wrote this book, and I had my experience in Washington, in the Trump administration and then with the Mueller investigation, I left the country afterwards, because I was just devastated. I mean, I couldn’t figure out, what’s going on in my country? Why is everybody fighting with everybody all the time? And so what I concluded was that, well, America’s in the middle of a revolution, a political revolution, and that we’re meant to have a political revolution. That’s how America regenerates itself.“ („Communist China Using George Floyd Protests for Propaganda: K.T. McFarland“, The Epoch Times, June 4, 2020)
McFarland bereut es nicht, dass sie an zwei von diesen Revolutionen, nämlich an der Reagan- und an der Trump-Revolution, aktiv beteiligt gewesen war.
Insgesamt gesehen ist es der Autorin gut gelungen, ihre Eindrücke und Erlebnisse anschaulich darzulegen und gekonnt zu erläutern. Kritisch bleibt anzumerken, dass McFarland dazu neigt, sich selbst häufig zu loben. Dieser Hang zum Eigenlob wirkt sich doch etwas störend aus. Davon abgesehen ist ihr Buch aber absolut empfehlenswert.

Jürgen Rupp
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