After standing at Donald Trump’s side on Election Night, Cliff Sims joined him in the West Wing as Special Assistant to the President and Director of White House Message Strategy. He soon found himself pulled into the President’s inner circle, and as a result, gained unprecedented access to the President, sitting in on private meetings with key Congressional officials, world leaders, and top White House advisors. For five hundred days, Sims also witnessed first-hand the infighting and leaking, the anger, joy, and recriminations. He had a role in some of the President’s biggest successes, and he shared the blame for some of his administration’s worst disasters. He gained key, often surprising insights into the players of the Trump West Wing, from Jared Kushner and John Kelly to Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway. He even helped Trump craft his enemies list, knowing who was loyal and who was not. And he took notes in real-time. Now he tells the story of what it was really like in the West Wing as a member of the President’s team - a story of power and palace intrigue, backstabbing and bold victories, as well as painful moral compromises, occasionally with yourself. -- Publisher