White House, Inc. : how Donald Trump turned the presidency into a business / Dan Alexander.
Material type:
TextPublisher: [New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780593188521
- 0593188527
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
By holding onto his businesses, Donald Trump launched an unprecedented experiment- What happens to a multi-billion-dollar business when its leader ascends to the presidency of the United States? And more importantly, what happens to the United States? White House, Inc. is the definitive book on money and politics in the Trump era. It examines every aspect of the president's portfolio- his exclusive clubs, D.C. hotel, overseas partnerships, commercial properties, personal mansions and private planes.
It also investigates Trump associates. The president's disregard for norms set the tone at the top of the federal government, sparking a trickle-down ethics crisis with no precedent in modern American history. Trump appointed an inner circle of centimillionaires and billionaires--including Jared Kushner, Wilbur Ross and Carl Icahn--who all arrived in Washington with their own conflict-ridden portfolios. With the president as their guide, they busted through barriers meant to separate their financial holdings from their government roles.
Alexander tracks hundreds of millions flowing freely between big businesses and President Trump. He explains, in plain language, how Donald Trump bought and sold the presidency. In the tradition of game-changing political exposes like Dark Money , White House, Inc. represents the most complete financial account of the Trump presidency.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-305).
Prologue -- Art of the self-deal: the rise of Donald Trump -- Moscow money: Trump, Putin, and the 2016 presidential election -- The takeover: inaugurating America's billionaire in chief -- Presidential palace: inside Trump's other Washington, D.C., home -- Bad lie: the truth behind Trump's golf game -- All the President's tenants: inside Trump's towers -- Cashing in: the business behind Trump's 500-plus homes -- All in the family: "Nepotism is kind of a factor of life" -- Like father, like son-in-law: Jared Kushner's world of conflicts -- Fill the swamp: Trump's team -- 2020 money: campaign cash and coronavirus costs.
"An in-depth investigation into Donald Trump's business--and how he used America's top job to service it." -- Inside front book jacket flap.
Alexander details President Trump's efforts to make money off of politics. He takes us inside the exclusive clubs, luxury hotels, overseas partnerships, commercial properties, and personal mansions while tracking hundreds of millions of dollars flowing freely between big businesses and President Trump. The presidency opened up new opportunities: Trump's commercial and residential property portfolio morphed into a one-of-a-kind marketplace, through which anyone, anywhere, could pay the president of the United States. Hundreds of customers-- including foreign governments, big businesses, and individual investors-- obliged.-- adapted from Amazon info