This is the world of Donald Trump, full of glitz, glamour--and other people’s money. Yet despite glaring cracks in the shimmering facade, the myth and the image have remained stubbornly impene-trable to a fascinated public--perhaps even to Trump himself. In this unique look inside the life of one of the world’s most charismatic businessmen, entrepreneurs, and larger-than-life personalities, top New York Times investigative reporter Timothy L. O’Brien shows you what the public doesn’t see, the shocking, hilarious, and com-pletely riveting true story of America’s favorite billionaire bad boy,bad hair and all.
This is the world of Donald Trump, full of glitz, glamour--and other people’s money. Yet despite glaring cracks in the shimmering facade, the myth and the image have remained stubbornly impene-trable to a fascinated public--perhaps even to Trump himself. In this unique look inside the life of one of the world’s most charismatic businessmen, entrepreneurs, and larger-than-life personalities, top New York Times investigative reporter Timothy L. O’Brien shows you what the public doesn’t see, the shocking, hilarious, and com-pletely riveting true story of America’s favorite billionaire bad boy,bad hair and all. Featuring interviews not only with Trump’s closest friends and associates but with Trump himself, O’Brien offers revelations about New York mayors The Donald courted or defied, the glamour queens he loved and lost, and the talking dolls, colossal casinos, and personal Oz he created out of smoke and mirrors.
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Prologue Smooth Operator
One TrumpTV
Two TrumpRoots
Three TrumpCity
Four TrumpLand
Five TrumpChips
Six TrumpBroke
Seven TrumpStyle
Eight TrumpSpin
Epilogue TrumpEverlasting
Acknowledgments
References
Notes
Index