CONTENTS

Prologue THE WEDDING

Introduction

ACT I

1 THE ESCAPE

2 THE AMERICAN DREAM

3 LAND OF OPPORTUNITY

ACT II

4 THE FALL OF NEW YORK

5 THE BUSINESS OF DONALD TRUMP

6 THE GAMBLE

7 THE DON OF SUBURBIA

8 ICARUS

ACT III

9 “A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE”

10 ESCAPE FROM NEW JERSEY

11 ENTRÉE

12 A FLOOD OF MONEY

13 THE INITIATION

ACT IV

14 “TO SPEND WITHOUT LIMIT”

15 LICENSE

16 OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY

17 THE MERGER

ACT V

18 THE INFOMERCIAL

19 BIG CAVIAR

20 DIRT

21 TRUMP, INC.

22 “A TERRIBLE SITUATION”

23 AMERICAN OLIGARCHY

24 JUSTICE

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Note on Sources

Notes

Index