A new book, Survival - Democracy's Struggle To Survive, written by bestselling author Elizabeth Graham and eight of the country's leading experts on Donald Trump, reveals the secrets of Trump's relationship to Russia and warns that America is missing the crucial danger unfolding within its borders. The book, available at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Elizabeth-Graham/author/B0CMY189NT, argues that while Americans and the media remain distracted by Trump's sensational behavior, a deeper threat to democracy goes largely unnoticed.
Graham teamed up with Craig Unger, David Andelman, Charles Sykes, Steven Beschloss, Dr. Bandy Lee, George A. Polisner, and Mersault to produce what is described as one of the most informative works ever on the Trump/Russia connection. The book contends that as the Soviet Union collapsed, Putin and his KGB colleagues emerged from the wreckage in 1992, recognizing that Russia's military could not defeat the United States directly. Instead, they launched a covert campaign to weaken America from within.
By the turn of the millennium, the CIA, believing the Cold War was over, shut down more than thirty overseas intelligence operations and reduced its Russian specialists by over 25%. Presidents Bush and Clinton, along with much of the public, no longer viewed Russia as an enemy. Yet, like a modern Trojan Horse, Russia only appeared to retreat as elite KGB/FSB operatives infiltrated American society, including the entanglement of a narcissistic American man who loved money and women more than integrity. The trap was set.
Putin's efforts to undermine democracy quietly influenced every aspect of American government, politics, and daily life. Many Americans and the media overlooked this pernicious interference, convinced that Trump is not aligned with Putin—a critical delusion held despite conclusive evidence. Craig Unger, an award-winning New York Times bestselling author and political analyst, has proved without doubt that Trump is "owned" by Putin/Russia.
Dr. Bandy Lee, a forensic and social psychiatrist and New York Times bestselling author, co-authored Survival and edited The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President, which accurately predicted the severity and timing of the nation's decline if a dangerously unfit president remained in office.
Graham stated, "Few Americans have observed the sweeping changes in the United States over the past decade as closely as I have or understood their corrosive connection to the evolution of Russian politics and government since the Gorbachev era. I was living in Moscow when the Soviet Union collapsed. I witnessed the disbelief of thousands of Russians. I saw ordinary citizens endure joblessness, food shortages, inadequate medical care, and unpaid pensions and salaries. These early Yeltsin years were chaotic, leaving many Russians longing for the familiar stability of communism. Putin and the KGB capitalized on this volatility with a perilous, reticent rise to power."
Survival concludes that Ukraine and American democracy face a common enemy. The key difference is that while Ukrainians endure daily bombing and death, Americans are largely uninformed or in denial about their adversary. What they do see is increasing prices at the pump, the loss of health care for ten million Americans in 2026, contaminated foods, an endless war costing nearly $2 billion per day, grocery store closures and price increases up to 40%, restaurants closing, massive discrimination and deaths through ICE and the closure of USAID, an assault on elections and voting procedures, and fires, arson, and bombings.
Like the roots of the magnificent tree on the cover of Survival, where slender fingers extend through the soil for nourishment to sustain its life, the United States must draw renewed strength from its own roots: the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.
