"How deeply is he disturbed? When he was a kid or growing up--who did this to him? I mean, a psychiatrist would know all this."

--STEVE WYNN

"He’s got great charm and charisma and he’s very good to friends...He’s one of the more original people of our time, and we don’t have very many of them."

--BARBARA WALTE RS

"I wouldn’t believe Donald Trump if his tongue was notarized."

--LEONA HELMSLEY

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 impenetrable 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 completely 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. Prepare to enter...

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