What happens when Donald Trump takes a guided tour through Dante's Inferno?and discovers that some of the exhibits look remarkably familiar?

Originally written during Donald Trump's first presidency, Mandate Lost returns in a substantially revised and updated Second Edition that transforms the politics of that extraordinary period into a satirical journey through history, power, ambition, hypocrisy, and the American presidency.

Guided by Dante through a sprawling Hellish Museum, Trump encounters exhibits devoted to the Constitution, immigration, presidential responsibility, the Republican Party, the 2016 election, mass shootings, health care, taxes, truth, race, religion, and the personalities who helped define an era.

But this Second Edition has something the original could never have had:

hindsight.

Viewed from 2026, events that once seemed temporary have become part of a much larger story?the transformation of the Republican Party and Donald Trump's continuing influence over American politics.

Sharp, irreverent, illustrated, and sometimes unexpectedly serious, Mandate Lost combines political satire with historical reflection. Beneath the humor lies a larger question:

What happens when political loyalty becomes more important than principle?

And when the tour finally reaches its end, the loudest question is also the simplest:

Did you love your neighbor?