Billionaire at the Barricades

The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump

By: Laura Ingraham

Narrated by: Laura Ingraham

This program is read by the author.

Americans didn't just go to the polls in 2016. They joined a movement that swept the unlikeliest of candidates, Donald Trump, into the Oval Office. Can he complete his agenda? Or will his opponents in the media, protester class, and political establishment block his efforts and choke off the movement he represents?

In Billionaire at the Barricades, Laura Ingraham gives listeners a front row seat to the populist revolution as she witnessed it. She reveals the origins of this movement and its connection to the Trump presidency. She unmasks the opposition, forecasts the future of the Make America Great Again agenda and offers her own prescriptions for bringing real change to the swamp of Washington.

Unlike most of her media colleagues, Ingraham understood Trump's appeal and defied those who wrote his political obituary. Now she confronts the president's critics and responds to those who deny the importance of his America First agenda. With sharp humor and insight she traces the DNA of the populist movement: from Goldwater's 1964 campaign, to Nixon's Silent Majority, to Reagan's smashing electoral victories.

Populism fueled the insurgency campaigns of Buchanan and Perot, the election of George W. Bush, and the Tea Party rallies of the Obama presidency. But a political novice - a Manhattan billionaire - proved to be the movement's most vocal champion. This is the inside story of his victory and the fitful struggle to enact his agenda.

©2017 Laura Ingraham (P)2017 Macmillan Audio

Great Time Line of Events

Loved being brought through the time line of events over the decades in this. Great audio.

All the pieces...

Thank you Laura for putting all the pieces together and providing a clear picture of why we have become so divided. Thank goodness President Trump has the courage and love of country to fight for us all.

Laura Ingram gives a great history lesson

If you could sum up Billionaire at the Barricades in three words, what would they be?

Great History Lesson

What did you like best about this story?

Laura did a great job in narration and made me feel like I had a true com padre in my belief in the American Populist movement.

What does Laura Ingraham bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The sincerity of her delivery came through loud and clear.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The entire book gave me motivation to fight harder and be more vocal in policies that have always made America a great country

Great book

Laura is the best and kills it again with an accurate take on the Trump phenomenon

Outstanding explanation of Trump's election

Am in Chapter 7. Most enjoyable, encouraging political book I've found. Conservative populism won. America needs more Donald's, Buchanan's, and Ingrahams!