"I am a New York Times addict," says M.P. Prabhakaran in the preface to this book. The book is the result of that addiction.
When The Times started publishing its online version, it came as a boon to habitual letter-writers like Prabhakaran. Unlike the print version, the online version instantly publishes the comments sent to it, except the ones The Times finds too offensive.
Ever since Donald Trump became the president of the United States, Prabhakaran found the blunders he made and the lies he uttered not just worth commenting upon. He considered it his responsibility to bring them to the attention of Times readers. The main reason he says is that when the president of the U.S. uses his bully pulpit to spread falsehoods, the general public tends to believe them as true. And with disastrous consequences, not only to the U.S., but also to the rest of the world.
Though the U.S. is still reeling from the damage he caused to its enviable democratic processes and institutions during his first term as president, he has been anointed by the Republican Party as its presidential candidate for a second term. This book is an earnest effort on the part of Prabhakaran to prevent Donald Trump from regaining the presidency.