Skip to content
Responsive image
Vendor
Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories

COMMANDER IN CHEAT

Rick Reilly

How Golf Explains Trump

This is an uproarious indictment of Donald Trump's lying, cheating, and poor sportsmanship - by the bestselling author and acclaimed sportswriter.
COMMANDER IN CHEAT is an on-the-ground and behind-the-scenes look at Trump's ethics deficit on and off the course. Reilly will transport readers onto the golf course with President Trump, revealing the absurd ways in which he lies about his feats and what they can tell us about the way he leads off the course in the most important job in the world.

Reilly has been with Trump on the fairway, the green, and in the weeds, and has seen first-hand how the president plays - and it's not pretty. Based on his personal experiences, and interviews with dozens of golf pros, amateurs, developers, partners, opponents, and even caddies who have first-hand experience with Trump on the course, Reilly takes a deep and often hilarious look at how Trump shamelessly cheats at golf, lies about it, sues over it, bullies with it, and profits off it.

From Trump's ridiculous claim to have won eighteen club championships, to his devious cheating tricks, to his tainted reputation as a golf course tycoon, COMMANDER IN CHEAT tells you everything you need to know about the man.


Currently a contributing essayist for ESPN's SportsCenter and ABC Sports, Rick Reilly for years wrote the "back page" columns for Sports Illustrated and ESPN: The Magazine. In addition to being voted the NSSA National Sportswriter of the Year eleven times, he has also been recognized with the Damon Runyon Award for Outstanding Contributions to Journalism and the New York Newspaper Guild's Page One Award for Best Magazine Story.
Available products
Book

Published 2019-04-02 by Hachette

Book

Published 2019-04-02 by Hachette

Comments

This latest addition to the Trump bibliography seeks understanding by concentrating on Trump's obsession with golf. Some of the more interesting tales are those involving Trump's golf courses, all of which he claims are the very best. Read more...

UK: Headline

Reilly appears on MSNBC's "AM Joy" to expose Donald Trump's dishonesty on the golf course Read more...

Business Insider features Rick Reilly's COMMANDER IN CHEAT in an article after Reilly appeared on Associated Press' PodcastOne Sports Now to discuss Donald Trump's notoriously poor sportsmanship. Read more...

Rick Reilly sits down with local LA morning show KTLA to discuss his book and Trump's recent visit to his LA golf course. Read more...

Author's article: Whatever Trump Is Playing, It Isn't Golf ... Read more...

...perhaps one of the ways we can evaluate presidential candidates is by observing them playing their favorite sport. Read more...

There have been numerous outrageous tales regarding President Donald Trump and golf, like how Trump awards himself club championships or has built monuments on courses to battles that never took place. However, Commander in Cheat, a new book by Rick Reilly detailing Trump's relationship with the sport, makes some stunning - and damning - assertions about the president. After reviewing the book, here are 10 of the most astonishing golf-related claims about Donald Trump... Read more...

The latest anti-Trump exposé isn't about Russia collusion, his taxes or his tweets. It's about his favorite pastime. A new book from longtime sportswriter Rick Reilly on the president's relationship with golf takes more than a few swings at the commander-in-chief -- detailing how Trump ran into local opposition while building one of his international courses, and including allegations from fellow players that he cheats.... Read more...

Philadelphia Inquirer sits down with Rick Reilly in a lively piece about COMMANDER IN CHEAT, saying "The book itself is a thorough job of reporting on Trump's approach to golf, culled from interviews with many playing partners, opponents, caddies, touring pros, and anyone who came within a three-iron of the president on the course." Read more...

Those that have tried to write about honesty in the Trump era have made this connection before: if you're willing to lie about something small, why not lie about the more important things the presidency brings. Read more...

Sportswriter Rick Reilly says to understand President Trump, you need only understand how President Trump plays golf. And, he cheats at golf. A lot. Reilly relates Trump's golf game and his golf business to the way he boasts, makes deals, and responds to crises.... Read more...

ABC's Powerhouse Politics releases a "special, emergency edition" of the podcast today in honor of Rick's news-making book! Alongside the podcast, ABCNews.com releases a digital piece highlighting how Reilly played golf with Trump at one of his courses in preparation for the book, and as the pair spent the day together, Trump introduced Reilly as the publisher and owner ofSports Illustrated. despite the fact that he was neither. Read more...

COMMANDER IN CHEAT has debuted at #6 on the NYT bestseller list!

Rick Reilly is ticked off, and who can blame him? If you want proof, look no further than "Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump," Reilly's relentless takedown of how President Donald Trump cheats at golf, and what that reveals.... Read more...