Former FBI Director James Comey tweeted his support for Jon Meacham's new book The Soul of America, insinuating his disdain for the Trump administration, yet with hope for better days ahead.



Just finished Jon Meacham’s “The Soul of America.” Good reminder that facts and the essential goodness of the American people always triumph. It can take a while, but decency and the rule of law inevitably win over demagogues and liars. So long as we all stand up and speak out. — James Comey (@Comey) June 4, 2018



Since his dismissal in early May 2017, Comey has vocalized his grievances with the president on numerous occasions, memorializing his experiences with his own book A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership.

“This president is unethical, and untethered to truth and institutional values,” Comey writes. “His leadership is transactional, ego driven and about personal loyalty.”

While Comey and other Republicans have had much to say about their aversion to Trump's leadership, few have been able to offer an example of ideological leadership that should replace him. While Comey's book presents a no-holds-barred critique of his former boss, Meacham tries to substantiate readers' frustration with a hopeful narrative of historical leadership, driven by his own ideologically liberal convictions.

Meacham identifies that the mainstream conversation has left Americans in cognitive disarray over the extremism and populism of both the Left and the Right, but still feels optimistic about progressivism as the solution needed for compromise and getting along.

"Meacham commends a particular liberal disposition that once dominated our politics but whose influence has long since waned," book reviewer Sean Wilentz wrote for the New York Times. "It is a public philosophy akin to what Schlesinger described as the politics of 'the vital center,' devoted to egalitarian reform but disbelieving in human perfection, fierce in its advocacy but humble in the face of human folly."