I had the misfortune to read his Empire when it came out, where an evil Soros-like villain starts a robotic blue-state rebellion against a benevolent George W B

I had the misfortune to read his Empire when it came out, where an evil Soros-like villain starts a robotic blue-state rebellion against a benevolent George W Bush-like president, but is eventually suppressed. Truly deranged Trump-like worldview a decade and half before.