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Mar-a-Lago : inside the gates of power at Donald Trump's presidential palace / Laurence Leamer.
To know Donald J. Trump it is best to start in his natural habitat: Palm Beach, Florida. It is here he learned the techniques that took him all the way to the White House. Painstakingly, over decades, he has created a world in this exclusive tropical enclave where he is not just a president but a king. The vehicle for his triumph is Mar-a-Lago, one of the greatest mansions ever built in the United States. The inside story of how he became King of Palm Beach--and how Palm Beach continues to be his spiritual home even as president--is rollicking, troubling, and told with unrivaled access and understanding by Laurence Leamer. In this book, the reader will learn: * How Donald Trump bought a property now valued by some at as much as $500 million for less than three thousand dollars of his own money. * Why Trump was blackballed by the WASP grandees of the island and how he got his revenge. * How Trump joined forces with the National Enquirer, which was headquartered nearby, and engineered his own divorce. * How by turning Mar-a-Lago into a private club, Trump was the unlikely man to integrate Palm Beach's restricted country club scene, and what his real motives were. * What transpires behind the gates of today's Mar-a-Lago during "the season," when President Trump and assorted D.C. power players fly down each weekend. In addition to copious interviews and reporting from inside Mar-a-Lago, Laurence Leamer brings an acute and unparalleled understanding of the society of Palm Beach, where he has lived for twenty-five years. He has written an essential book for understanding Donald Trump's inner character.
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- ISBN: 9781250177513 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xi, 290 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2019.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-280) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Trump's Palm Beach -- Fantasy Island -- Estate sale -- Tabloid prince -- "Is that all there is?" -- The forbidden city -- "A t-bone in a kennel" -- The promises of life -- The contest -- A proper president -- The apprentice -- Trumped again -- The candidate -- The Sun King -- Games of chaos -- "The president!!! The great president!!!" |
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