AMERICA FIRST A Modern Fable

This Special Edition of the prescient AMERICA FIRST: A Modern Fable, A Story About an American Civil War was written by Hollywood producer (Van Wilder & Art of War franchises) and author Ari Newman. It includes two essays: UNCERTAINTY: A Treatise on the Victims of Political Narcissism and UNMASKING: The Trump Responsa.

Neither essay is political but discusses how governments such as Israel and North Korea have taken advantage of Trump's troubled character and persona; why his victims (mainly his supporters) are blind to his character flaws; what will happen to them when his "mask" begins to come off, and how people such as Trump 'hoover' once they are 'unmasked'. 93.7FM The Eagle Lubbock, TX, February 2020

Based on a 2006 screenplay, AMERICA FIRST is an action-packed story of terrorism, treason, a Red State / Blue State civil war, and an investigation that leads into the highest political offices in the land. It was released on March 3, 2017, having been the first book published that was written after the 2017 Inauguration.

"Newman predicts the United States of America will break apart as a republic." KTVN Channel 2 Reno, NV, February 2020

"That's just the way he is. It's more narcissism than anything else." U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham

"The evidence of Trump's narcissism is overwhelming—indeed, it would be a gargantuan task to try to marshal all of it, especially as it mounts each and every day." George Conway, Attorney & Founder of The Lincoln Project, The Atlantic October 2019

"Trump gave a eulogy at his father's funeral...and used the time to talk about his own accomplishments and to make it clear that, in his mind, his father's best achievement was producing him, Donald." Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, April 2017

"It's just astonishing that this man is President of the United States. The man, the con man, from New York City. Many bankruptcies, failed businesses, a reality show, that branded him as something that he never was—a successful businessman." Steve Schmidt, Noted Conservative Political Strategist & Founder of The Lincoln Project, MSNBC June 2020

This book is not political in the sense of promoting a specific politician, party, or policy. Rather, its purpose is to raise issues concerning the fragility of American democracy. Other than Oman, San Marino, and Morocco, the American government is the oldest continuous political and government system in the world today. Perhaps a page one re-write of the constitution is needed and that constitutional conventions should be at the nucleus of this continued endeavour." Ari Newman, author of AMERICA FIRST: A Modern Fable, March 2017

Synopsis: AMERICA FIRST: A Modern Fable

On Election night, there is no clear winner, and the next day, even with 100% of the precincts reporting, the results are too close to call. This time the recount is in Ohio, and after several tedious weeks, the Supreme Court hands Ohio to the Democrats, thereby making the Republican incumbent a one-term President.

A month later, the Congress, Cabinet, and Supreme Court gather at the Capitol to hear the State of the Union. Only two of the nation's top leaders are not present: the newly appointed Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, James "Jimmy" Hunter, who is attending his daughter's wedding, and the Secretary of Transportation, Clarence Wilson, the only Republican in the Cabinet.

According to tradition, one cabinet member is left behind as a precaution to ensure the continuity of government in the event of a disaster. Secretary Wilson thus escapes the fate of the rest of the Cabinet when a terrorist attack kills everyone at the Capitol, leaving him the new President of the United States.