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ETA: Note re: p. 50 and 102. It's an artistic choice, making a point, not an error!!! Look and think about the content/contrast!
This is very different from the other two Souza books I have--one, serious photo retrospective of his presidency with many memorable photos and the other an inspirational book for children, illustrating "lessons" of life through Obama and his photos.
Those are very different from this one which is slyly witty in contrasting Trump's presidency and character (mainly through quotes, newspaper headlines and, of course, tweets) with Obama's. The left side has a Trump-related quote and the right has a photo Souza took of Obama in some kind of parallel moment, with Souza's own captioning often casting "shade" at the current occupant of the White House (or sometimes just letting the photo speak for itself). As if we might miss the point about choosing good v. bad leadership, the final page -- perfectly timed -- reminds about the importance of voting.
Note: this is a nice 7 x 9" hardback with glossy photo paper. Only one photo of Trump (not in person but on television--starting with the shade). I think the book is better off this way.
