Not My Type: One Woman vs. A President

 Not My Type are the words Donald J. Trump used in his response to looking at a photo of E. Jean Carroll, and then she used those same words as her book title as she provided the details of her life and the two trials that were held, the first for sexual abuse and defamation, the second trial for the same. Her subtitle is One Woman vs. A President. Of course, we know now that Trump lost both of those trials and was ordered to pay Ms. Carroll $83.3 million. Now, Trump hast lost his appeal and it is likely that this legal matter will probably be appealed to the Supreme Court. Although Ms. Carroll has yet to collect a single penny, the unpaid penalty is accruing 9% interest on a daily basis which apparently amounts to about $100,000 per day. Trump’s current debt to her stands at over $100,000,000. 

There is so much to this book that I did not expect. Ms. Carroll has been a gifted writer throughout her adult life, and she readily applied her skills to these events. I liked the organization of the book as she told her life story, and described the personalities of and physical descriptions of the primary players in this ongoing legal drama. I’ve read no clearer evidence of Trump being an outrageous liar. I’ve come away with an admiration of the legal knowledge and skill by Robbie Kaplan and her team, and the inadequacy of Trump’s legal team. Mostly, I’ve come away with admiration for Ms. Carroll and her ability to stand up to Trump under unbelievable pressure. It is my opinion that Trump is hampered in choosing competent people to surround him as the result of his narcissistic, sociopathic, and borderline personality disorder.

 

Carroll tells a very good story. I literally could not put this book down.

What Do We Need Men For? A modest proposal

 

E. Jean Carroll is the long-term advice columnist for Elle Magazine, and she's the woman who is suing Donald Trump for rape when they had  an encounter at Bergdorf's Department Store in New York City. Previously, I had read a few of her advice columns. Now, I was curious to see what she had to say about herself and the current president. Admittedly, part of my interest came from having known Ms. Carroll and her family of origin. Her parents were great friends of my parents, and as a result, she occasionally came to my house for family parties, and I was in her parents' house for more parties. Our parents had very active social lives. On one occasion, my father actually saved her life when she was about four years old, but that's another story. Personally, I have not had any contact with her for at least 50 years, although I have a renewed relationship with her brother. Fittingly. the author has qualified her dear brother as an honorary woman, which is very high praise. That causes me some jealousy. I remember Jeanie Carroll as a stunningly beautiful woman who was always outspoken. 

This book reviews Ms. Carroll's long history of bad outcomes in her romantic relationships with men. She gives what appears to me to be an honest accounting of her encounter with Trump, a man she had known from earlier New York social events. The book was a quick read, and much of it was tongue-in-cheek with regard to her complaints about men. It must have been after filing the lawsuit against Trump that she took off on a nearly 5,000 mile journey as she asked many women in different circumstances what they needed men for. She told those stories in the body of her book.

If you're curious about her story, have a look at her book.