The America We Deserve

The America We Deserve
AuthorDonald Trump
Dave Shiflett
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPublic policy
GenreNonfiction
PublisherRenaissance Books
Publication date
January 2000
Publication placeUnited States
Pages304
ISBN978-1580631310
OCLC1043235303
Preceded byTrump: The Art of the Comeback (1997) 
Followed byTrump: How to Get Rich (2004) 

The America We Deserve is a book about public policy ghostwritten[1][2] by writer Dave Shiflett with American businessman (and later, 45th U.S. President) Donald Trump.[3] It was published in January 2000, while Trump campaigned for president in that year's election on the Reform Party's ticket.[4] The book lists and details a set of policy proposals Trump intended to implement should he ever become president.[3]

  1. ^ Staff (December 31, 2015). "Donald Trump's ghostwriter won't vote for him". The Week. Retrieved August 27, 2024. I used to think it was my first work of fiction," Shiflett said of the book he ghostwrote for Trump back in 2000. "Who knows where he stands on anything.
  2. ^ Kranish, Michael (October 7, 2016). "Why Trump's 'winning temperament' is turning into a political loser". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Sankin, Aaron (2015-08-23). "Donald Trump's 15-year-old book on public policy reveals what kind of president he'd be". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 2018-07-28. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
  4. ^ Selby, Gardner (2016-04-12). "Donald Trump fully flip-flops, lately opposes ban on assault weapons". Politifact Texas. Politifact. Archived from the original on 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2016-12-11.