The grifter's club : Trump, Mar-a-Lago, and the selling of the presidency
Book |
First edition. |
PublicAffairs,
New York :
2020.
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About
An astonishing look inside the gilded gates of Mar-a-Lago, the palatial resort where President Trump conducts government business with little regard for ethics, security, or even the law. Donald Trump?s opulent Palm Beach club Mar-a-Lago has thrummed with scandal since the earliest days of his presidency. Long known for its famous and wealthy clientele, the resort?s guest list soon started filling with political operatives and power-seekers. Meanwhile, as Trump re-branded Mar-a-Lago “the Winter White House” and began spending weekends there, state business spilled out into full view of the club?s members, and vast sums of taxpayer money and political donations began flowing into its coffers, and into the pockets of the president. The Grifter?s Club is a breakthrough account of the impropriety, intrigue, and absurdity that has been on display in the place where the president is at his most relaxed. In these pages, a team of prizewinning Miami Herald journalists reveal the activities and motivations of the strange array of charlatans and tycoons who populate its halls. Some peddle influence, some seek inside information, and some just want to soak up the feeling of unfettered access to the world?s most powerful leaders. With the drama of an expose and the edgy humor of a Carl Hiaasen novel, The Grifter?s Club takes you behind the velvet ropes of this exclusive club and into its bizarre world of extravagance and scandal.
Details
- ISBN: 9781541756953
- Physical Description: 256 pages ; 25 cm.print
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, 2020.
- Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: intruder in the White House -- Kissing the ring -- Better than sex -- King of the swamp -- The winter White House -- The man in charge -- "It's just nukes" -- Over Hamilton's dead body -- The gatekeepers -- A problem in Florida -- "The girl who others would envy" -- "Prince" Charles -- Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band -- Snow on the ground -- "Friendly, cheerful oriental ladies" -- A woman called Veronica -- "Something nefarious" -- Epilogue: pandemic at the disco.