American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps, and the Marriage of Money and Power
by Andrea Bernstein
View on GoodreadsIt starts with two immigrant grandfathers, a Trump from Germany in 1885 and a Kushner from Poland after World War II, and runs through a 2009 wedding that joined their dynasties. Bernstein argues that the way both families blend family, business and government favors shows you how the US has drifted toward oligarchy.
Core ideas
- Across party lines: Each family built its real-estate business on government programs and political connections with both parties.
- Survival and policy: The book sets the Kushners' Holocaust survival story against later generations' policies, and covers Charles Kushner's conviction, blackmail included.
- On the record: The podcast she co-hosts, Trump, Inc., fed into a book built on more than 200 interviews and over 100,000 pages of documents.
Published2020
Pages496
ISBN9781324001874
ReadAug 2024
