Why are America’s ex-presidents refusing to leave gracefully?
Bill Clinton is a peculiar figure on the landscape of American ex-presidents — a fact of which we’ve been reminded this week, with the release of his newest book. The existence of a book is not unusual, granted; most former occupants of the Oval Office write memoirs after they’ve left, to the point that it’s practically a requirement. But Clinton’s 2018 offering, The President Is Missing, and his latest, The President’s Daughter are not tell-alls about his time at the top; they are the sort of ridiculous thriller in which the President of the United States would call up an overseas SEAL team, mid-operation and against protocol, to give them the following order in a motivational growl: “Now you squids body-bag that son of a bitch for the country.”
