“Never before has a sitting president been hit by so many blistering books, so many times, in a one-month period. Why it matters: President Trump’s niece and his former fixer paint a devastating portrait of a corrupt, racist, dishonest commander in chief, just two months before the election. Michael Schmidt, a top N.Y. Times investigative reporter, begins with a quote from King Lear in his new book reporting that Trump’s Russia ties have never been fully investigated. What’s next: Bob Woodward, armed with a reported 17 interviews with Trump himself, will be out Sept. 15 with ‘Rage’ which Trump is already attacking” – Axios.