You would think that a book written by a Village Voice journalist (sic) and recommended by Democracy Now! would be free of bias, providing an untarnished look at Donald Trump from an objective standpoint... but you'd be wrong.
That was sarcasm, for those leftists who had their sense of humor removed before the Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Wayne Barrett is proud of his investigation into Trump's business dealings in the 1970s, before he was a household name. Barrett's articles got him banned from doing interviews with Trump for several years and the author claims that Trump offered to get him an apartment in NY as some sort of bribe. Since Barrett didn't take him up on his supposed offer, maybe it happened... and maybe it didn't.
The book uses the term "Trumpian" and it may be that he invented this term since this is a recycle of a book he originally published in 1992, which is all the more remarkable since this was in the days when Trump wasn't considered an "enemy of the people" by the democrats, who gladly accepted his money in charitable and political efforts (same thing in the case of the Clinton Foundation).
The big problem seems to be that Trump made money and he has a brand. The author goes into detail about business dealings which took place over 25 years ago and makes accusations of "rigging," bribery and other questionable practices (the book is absent of any references, so just like the apartment deal we have to take Barrett's word for it). Even the index of this book is a bit shy at 26 pages, considering the book is 445 pages of long, drawn-out discussions of Trump's real estate and other business dealings. If you feel you HAVE to read this book, buy the 1992 edition for 1 cent... there is nothing new here.
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