Roy Cohn: The Ruthless Mentor Behind Trump’s Rise
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.