Former Republican President Donald Trump is well known for his way with words, but for all the wrong reasons.
So naturally, his forthcoming book about the 2020 election has the internet howling for its most Trumpy of all titles.
The former President announced the book this week at a rally in Texas, and the title alone is among the most melodramatic and unhinged strands of words in history.
The book's publisher--his son Donald Trump Jr.'s publishing company--announced the book in a tweet, seen below.
NEW BOOK ALERT: CRIME OF THE CENTURY by President Donald J. Trump! More details coming soon at https://45books.com— WinningTeamPublishing (@WinningTeamPublishing) 1652707833
"CRIME OF THE CENTURY," you say? First of all, calm down and stop yelling, Jr. Second of all, what crime?
Trump, of course, means the "crime" of the 2020 election, which he and his followers continue to insist was stolen from him despite such a dearth of evidence that even his hand-picked Supreme Court Justices wouldn't deliver him a victory.
As he told his recent rally crowd in Austin, Texas:
"This is the greatest hoax, heist. This is one of the greatest crimes in the history of our country."
"And sadly, the prosecutors don’t want to do anything about it."
"This is the crime of the century. I’m actually writing a book about it called The Crime of the Century.”
Eloquent as always. Trump went on to talk about the book as only he could, promoting it with a totally negative and unappealing summary.
He told his crowd:
“You’ll be very depressed when you read it, but we want to have it down for historic reasons.”
Wow, what a ringing endorsement. Can't wait to read it!
Of course, post-White House memoirs are practically a cottage industry, with nearly every departing President landing a book deal.
Trump, however, has had to resort to his son self-publishing his book, because according to the publishing industry rumor mill, no mainstream publisher wants anything to do with a book by Trump ever again.
One insider told Politico:
"[I]t would be too hard to get a book that was factually accurate, actually... If he can’t even admit that he lost the election, then how do you publish that?"
On Twitter, people of course roasted Trump to a crisp over his big announcement.
What's funny about this in order of least to most funny: \n\n1. The idea that Trump can write. \n2. The idea that he would write his own book even if he could write. \n3. A book "by" Trump being titled "Crime of the Century"https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1525976071568510978\u00a0\u2026— THE AMAZING ATHEIST!\ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f (@THE AMAZING ATHEIST!\ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f) 1652746762
\u201cThe crime of the century\u201d was Trump trying to steal the 2020 election, not having it stolen from him.— Andrew Wortman \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@Andrew Wortman \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8) 1652658529
I mean, the guy can barely read.https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1525976071568510978\u00a0\u2026— Cheri Jacobus (@Cheri Jacobus) 1652667267
Will it be in the horror, or fiction section?— TradeShows2021 (@TradeShows2021) 1652708725
Does it come with crayons or colored pencils?— Tish Bryce (@Tish Bryce) 1652708618
Written by a ghostwriter, naturally.pic.twitter.com/TexfUAmQKv— Jen (@Jen) 1652708746
Last I checked, publishers don't accept manuscripts written in crayon.https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1525976071568510978\u00a0\u2026— Brynn Tannehill (@Brynn Tannehill) 1652671410
I spend far too much time thinking about what our country would look like today if the Great MAGA King Baby's parents had loved him & taught him to accept loss #LouderThanMAGAhttps://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1525976071568510978\u00a0\u2026— Tara Dublin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b (@Tara Dublin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\udf3b) 1652659066
SPOILER , this is what the book really is about\u2026 https://twitter.com/yeoldegrumpster/status/1526043508150263808\u00a0\u2026— PISSED OFF NEIGHBOUR (@PISSED OFF NEIGHBOUR) 1652713138
pic.twitter.com/cY0tEyfahR— \u270d\ud83c\udffbThis is no dream! This is really happening! (@\u270d\ud83c\udffbThis is no dream! This is really happening!) 1652708691
Now if Trump were publishing a book about the 2016 election, "Crime of the Century" would actually be apt.
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