The authors of Nightmare Scenario speak virtually on Thurs., July 1st, at 8 p.m. (EDT)!
Since the day Donald Trump was elected, his critics warned that an unexpected crisis would test the former reality-television host — and they predicted that the president would prove unable to meet the moment. In 2020, that crisis came to pass, with the outcomes more devastating and consequential than anyone dared to imagine. Nightmare Scenario is the complete story of Donald Trump’s handling — and mishandling — of the covid-19 catastrophe, during the period of January 2020 up to Election Day that year. Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta take us deep inside the White House, from the Situation Room to the Oval Office, to show how the members of the administration launched an all-out war against the health agencies, doctors, and scientific communities, all in their futile attempts to wish away the worst global pandemic in a century.
Yasmeen Abutaleb covers health policy for the Washington Post. She chronicled the Trump administration’s coronavirus response and White House task force in 2020. She previously reported for Reuters. Damian Paletta is the economics editor at the Washington Post and previously covered the White House for the Post and the Wall Street Journal.
The authors will be in conversation with Ashley Parker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning White House reporter for the Washington Post.
Hosted by Politics and Prose in Washington, DC. Click here to register for this virtual event!
