Chapter 1. Have You Seen My Ratings?

Donald J. Trump's spacious office in Trump Tower on 57th Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan is chock-a-block full of collector's items, action figures, building designs, and a movie poster parodying his hit television show, The Apprentice. It is a roomful of memories, an ode to the large-framed (6 foot, 3 inches) titan with the swept-backed blond mane seated behind his oversize rectangular desk. Surrounding him are ceiling-high glass windows, through which appears a Manhattan skyline on which Trump has placed an indelible stamp by erecting high-end residential towers bearing his name.

On the walls hang glass-covered magazine covers, all adorned with Trump's face, another ode to the man of superlatives, the ...

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