White House, Inc.

How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency into a Business

By: Dan Alexander

Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine

An in-depth investigation into Donald Trump’s business—and how he used America’s top job to service it.

White House, Inc. is a newsmaking exposé that details President Trump’s efforts to make money off of politics, taking us inside his exclusive clubs, luxury hotels, overseas partnerships, commercial properties, and personal mansions. Alexander tracks hundreds of millions of dollars flowing freely between big businesses and President Trump. He explains, in plain language, how Trump tried to translate power into profit, from the 2016 campaign to the ramp-up to the 2020 campaign.

Just because you turn the presidency into a business doesn’t necessarily mean you turn it into a good business. After Trump won the White House, profits plunged at certain properties, like the Doral golf resort in Miami. But the presidency also opened up new opportunities. Trump’s commercial and residential property portfolio morphed into a one-of-a-kind marketplace, through which anyone, anywhere, could pay the president of the United States. Hundreds of customers—including foreign governments, big businesses, and individual investors—obliged.

The president's disregard for norms sparked a trickle-down ethics crisis with no precedent in modern American history. Trump appointed an inner circle of centimillionaires and billionaires—including Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Wilbur Ross, and Carl Icahn—who came with their own conflict-ridden portfolios. Following the president’s lead, they trampled barriers meant to separate their financial holdings from their government roles.

White House, Inc. is a page-turning, hair-raising investigation into Trump and his team, who corrupted the U.S. presidency and managed to avoid accountability. Until now.

*This audiobook contains a PDF with additional financial data.

Trump Didn't Change

well researched well written and A good overview. A story that needed to be told.

Amazing Analysis of Trumps Fortunes, Losses and Efforts to Recoup During his Presidency

Heard Dan Alexander explain Trump’s financial history on Fresh Air and was totally amazed at the detail and forthright analysis of Trump’s investments, bankruptcies and tendency to overspend in high risk ventured with extreme expensive tastes with often unattainable returns. Failure to divest going into the White House costs Trump in the long run with a number of property failures particularly golf courses and his DC hotel. He brings in his financial backers into his administration such as Wilbur Ross who misrepresents his income and does not divest his holdings although claiming he did do. The White House provides opportunities to recoup income on his properties such as the over a million dollars charged on his vacation properties to the secret service. Very complicated to track his financial backers and influencers. Well told and a fast listen. Great book.

Does a decent job of being impartial

As much as this book gets quoted by the media I was afraid it was going to be very one-sided. It kind of is, but only because the author has taken the time to do the math. The great thing about numbers is they are self-evident. This book will teach you that the separation of money and politics should be taken as seriously as a separation of church and state.

Strong investigative reporting.

His next assignment should an investigative book on the corruption at the Ohio State football program. And don’t just assume that every NCAA Division 1 does it.

Facts and more

The best annual report I have ever read or heard:) this is the first book that I have listened with lots of numbers,BUT a well rounded and objective description surrounding the numbers make it easy to digest.
Outstanding job by an author and the team that helped him bring it all together!