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Confidence Man

The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America

by Maggie Haberman
Maggie Haberman
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*THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *A Financial Times Book of the Year* *Economist Book of the Year* 'A political epic' – Guardian 'This is the book Trump fears most.' – Axios Few journalists have covered Donald Trump more extensively than Maggie Haberman. And few better understand the polarizing 45th president or his motivations. In this astonishing, illuminating book, Haberman reveals all about Trump the man, the president and the phenomenon. Interviews with hundreds of sources and with Trump himself portray a complicated and often contradictory figure. Capable of kindness but relying on casual cruelty as it suits his purposes. Pugnacious. Insecure. Lonely. Vindictive. Menacing. Smarter than his critics contend and colder and more calculating than his allies believe. A man who embedded himself in popular culture for decades, laying the groundwork to galvanize support for a successful run for high office. Chronicling Trump's entire career, from his rise in New York City to his tortured post-presidency and potential comeback, Confidence Man is a magnificent, disturbing reckoning of the president who pushed American democracy to the brink.

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  • Release date

    October 4, 2022

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      • ISBN: 9780008470210
      • File size: 506916 KB
      • Duration: 17:36:04

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from October 24, 2022
      Like a tsunami traveling hundreds of miles before it crashes onshore, the shock of Donald Trump’s election and polarizing presidency was less sudden than it first appeared, according to this sprawling account from Pulitzer winner Haberman. Drawing on decades spent covering Trump, Haberman is especially insightful on how his combative instincts and transactional worldview were forged in the cauldron of New York City’s racialized politics and cutthroat real estate market. She documents tussles and quid pro quos with city officials over the Commodore Hotel and the West Side rail yards, and cites a source’s claim that Rudy Giuliani, then serving as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, dropped an investigation into money laundering at Trump Tower because he wanted Trump’s support in the 1989 mayoral election. (After he lost, Giuliani made unsubstantiated allegations of electoral fraud: “They stole votes in the Black parts of Brooklyn, and in Washington Heights”). Haberman also shares findings from a 1988 poll commissioned by Roger Stone to sell Trump on “a future in national politics”; recounts White House rivalries (“Did you see I cut Bannon’s balls off?” Jared Kushner asked one visitor); and reveals that administration health officials believed Trump would have died from Covid-19 if he hadn’t received monoclonal antibodies. Deeply reported and immersively told, this is an essential contribution to the overloaded bookshelf on Trump.

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