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A new satirical political novel, The Breakup, by award-winning journalist and author Kurt Andersen is generating widespread debate with its fictional portrayal of a future America. Set in 2035, the novel imagines President Donald Trump celebrating his 89th birthday at Trump Tower before suffering a fictional "massive brain stroke" while descending the same golden escalator he used during his 2015 presidential campaign launch. Andersen shared details of the story during The Daily Beast Podcast, describing the book as a satirical exploration of political division and its imagined aftermath in the United States.