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After Donald Trump鈥檚 rise to power, after the 2020 presidential election, after January 6, is American politics past the point of no return? New York Times columnist and political reporter Thomas Byrne Edsall fears that the country may be headed over a cliff, arguing that the election of Donald Trump was the most serious threat to the American political system since the Civil War. In this compelling and illuminating book, Edsall documents how the Trump years ravaged the nation鈥檚 politics, culture, and social order. He explains the demographic shifts that helped make Trump鈥檚 election possible, and describes the racial and ethnic conflict, culture wars, rural/urban divide, diverging economies of red and blue states, and the transformation of both the Republican and Democratic parties that have left our politics in a state of permanent hostility.

The Point of No Return brings together a series of Edsall鈥檚 columns, bookended by a new introduction and conclusion, which show how we got to this dangerous point. These dispatches from our new political landscape chronicle the emergence of what Edsall calls 鈥渢he not-so-silent white majority鈥� and show how Trump deployed fears about race and immigration to appeal to voters. Edsall examines Trump鈥檚 construction of an alternate reality, discusses why we don鈥檛 always vote according to our own self-interest, and explores the Democrats鈥� calibrated response. Considering the 2020 election and its violent aftermath, Edsall looks at the Capitol insurrection and warns that American democracy is under siege. The forces behind Trump鈥檚 election, and the 鈥渟top the steal鈥� true believers, have pushed the nation to the brink.