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The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family — Power & Profit

What happens when a reputation for extraordinary business success becomes political capital—and political power becomes entangled with private financial interests?

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

Using The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family by David Cay Johnston as our lens, this investigation examines the relationship between Donald Trump’s public image, political authority, private business interests, and institutional accountability.

Johnston argues that Trump’s political identity rested partly on…

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