Bibliograph

The big cheat, how Donald Trump fleeced America and enriched himself and his family, David Cay Johnston

Type

Label

The big cheat, how Donald Trump fleeced America and enriched himself and his family, David Cay Johnston

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The big cheat

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1264400480

Responsibility statement

David Cay Johnston

Sub title

how Donald Trump fleeced America and enriched himself and his family

Summary

"As president, Donald Trump engaged in a four-year spree of conflict of interest and self-enrichment. It was a pattern he had established decades earlier, when he led his casino company into bankruptcy, leaving other people in debt while he walked away with millions. Trump turned the White House into a money-making enterprise for himself, his family, and his friends. As David Cay Johnston shows us, the Big Cheat fleeced tax-payers by golfing almost exclusively at his own properties, which charged the Secret Service full retail prices even when virtually no one else was staying there because of the pandemic. Trump made his intentions clear on his very first day of office. He stopped the inaugural parade in front of his Washington, D.C., hotel to make sure that he was photographed there. The message: if you want to do business with the administration, this is where you stay. Lobbyists and foreign dignitaries quickly booked rooms and reserved dining room tables. Trump was barely in office when his daughter Ivanka received bushels of patents from Chinese authorities, allowing her to sell her clothing and other products in China. her husband, Jared Kushner, became his father-in-law's personal Middle East envoy, superseding the State Department, even as Kushner's real estate family did business with the Qataris and Saudis. The grifting continued to Trump's last day in office when he raised more than $250 million dollars for his phony "Stop the Steal" campaign, only a tiny portion of which went to finance the frivolous lawsuits pointlessly contesting the 2020 election results. The rest went where the money always goes: into Donald Trump's pockets. <i>The Big Cheat<i> takes readers inside the Trump administration to show how a corrupt president used our government for his benefit. It is a sobering warning of what could happen if we ever elect a president who is both corrupt and capable of subverting the government safeguards that stopped Trump from further corruption." --, Inside front jacket flap

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