Andrea Bernstein
An Instant New York Times Best Seller
“Anyone concerned about American democracy should read Andrea Bernstein’s devastating exposé of the Trump and Kushner families. With meticulous precision, she documents the pernicious effects of dynastic wealth and power, now threatening to turn the highest rungs of the US government into a corrupt oligarchy.”
—Jane Mayer, The New Yorker staff writer and New York Times best-selling author of Dark Money
“A sweeping story of two American families, which shows that both the Trumps and the Kushners made their fortunes―often with government money. How did these ‘self-made men’ really get made? With donations, favors, intimidation and other people’s money. Nobody really beats city hall. The winners buy it, as Bernstein shows.”
—David Fahrenthold, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist at the Washington Post
“Riveting! Andrea Bernstein deftly tracks the history of the Trump and Kushner families from their roots through their immigration to the United States and their progression up through the socioeconomic ranks. American Oligarchs is comprehensive, brilliantly written, filled with detail and suspense―it reads like a financial thriller.”
—A. M. Homes, prize-winning author of Days of Awe and This Book Will Save Your Life
“Andrea Bernstein masterfully chronicles the sordid narrative that is the American reality. What elevates her book isn't just her gobsmacking tale of these two families; it's that she illuminates the contours of the system that brought us their corrupt reign.”
—Franklin Foer, staff writer at the Atlantic and author of World Without Mind