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When you start reading this book, it quickly becomes very clear that the author is a Christian conservative who doesn't like Democrats or leftists. He's also very clearly opposing abortion and pretty much all the values coming from the left. As an academic church historian with a PhD from Cambridge university, he's often dragged into discussion panels in Finland to give his insights about the American conservatism, which he knows like his own pockets.

This is definitely not a neutral book. He fails to be objective and doesn't really raise much criticism even when there is a perfect opportunity to do so. He blames FBI for the deaths of the apocalyptic Branch Davidian cult members in Waco, Texas. He also mentions the birthers in a context of “Obama claimed to be born in Hawaii” and then continues to mention that the person who verified the validity of Obama's birth certificate had died in a plane crash. It's like he's actually a birther himself.

The only few bits of criticism are pointed at Donald Trump but there would have been opportunities to do so much more. He's almost completely ignoring Trump's personal traits and tendency for narcissism where anything, including the conservative movement and their values might have just been something he used for his own benefit.

Meanwhile there's plenty of critical views towards Democrats, especially Obama and Carter. Reagan is obviously a hero for him. After a couple of pages of celebrating Trump's victory in 2016 elections in various demographic groups and states, he acknowledges in one little sentence that Trump didn't actually win the nationwide popular vote (doesn't mention the numbers though) and then claims that this did not matter because it cannot be seen as the opinion of the majority. What the f*ck.

One thing where I'm agreeing with him is the fact that America is very much deeply divided and without Trump there would have been someone else. I'd probably put my bet on DeSantos winning 2024 election (I hope not).