House of Trump, House of Putin — How Money Becomes Influence
What if the most important part of foreign influence happens before anyone recognizes it as political?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia by Craig Unger as our lens, this investigation examines the decades-long network Unger argues connected Russian organized crime, post-Soviet capital, intelligence relationships, Trump-branded real estate, and eventually the political conflict surrounding the 2016 election.
Unger’s chronology begins well before campaign…
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