This riveting, highly unauthorized quasi-biography of the future 45th president takes place between 1973, when Trump first fell into the orbit of the legendarily vicious Roy Cohn, and Cohn's death from AIDS in 1986.
It's Cohn who spots Trump first, from his private table at an exclusive Manhattan private club. Nixon has just given his 'I am not a crook' speech, and the Trump Organization has recently been accused of violating the Fair Housing Act.
Cohn, who made his name working for Senator Joseph McCarthy and spearheading the prosecution and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, easily butters up the anxious scion and takes the case.
The rest is history, except to the degree that we're living with its echoes every day, highlighting the enduring relevance of Trump's origins and associations.
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