Roy Cohn: The Ruthless Mentor Behind Trump’s Rise
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A new biography, American Scoundrel, argues Roy Cohn was the ruthless mentor who shaped Donald Trump’s real‑estate tactics, willingness to bend the truth, and appetite for power, linking Trump’s rise to Cohn’s McCarthy‑era tactics and his brand of legal and political hardball; the book also details Trump’s ongoing fascination with Cohn, their interactions, and Cohn’s death from AIDS before Trump’s later reflections.
- The man who shaped Trump: book sheds fresh light on ruthless Roy Cohn The Guardian
- Book Review: ‘American Scoundrel,’ by Kai Bird The New York Times
- The ruthless mentor who taught Trump to crush opponents The Telegraph
- He was a privileged Jewish kid from NYC's Upper East Side. Donald Trump was his greatest invention. The Forward
- Kai Bird on Roy Cohn, a Founding Father of Donald Trump’s America The New Yorker
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