title: House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia
author:  Craig Unger 
description: <b><b>Praise for</b><i><b>House of Trump, House of Putin<br /></b></i></b><br />The story Unger weaves with those earlier accounts and his original reporting is fresh, illuminating and more alarming than the intelligence channel described in the Steele dossier.<b><i>The</i><b><i>Washington Post</i></b><br /><br /></b>Omarosa vs. Trump may be the political pro wrestlingmatch of the week, but a more serious confrontation may be prompted by a book that came out Tuesday, alleging thatPresident Donald Trump may be a Russian asset compromised by billions of laundered dollars over decades of shady real estate deals.<b><i>Newsweek</i><br /></b><br />Unger, a veteran journalist and author, takes the reader on a veritable tour ofsleazy night clubs, restaurants and resorts frequented byRussian oligarchsand criminals in this book subtitled "The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia."Often, that tour leads to the doors of the White House and Trump Tower, and the implication is clear to even the most obtuse reader: Trump is in Putin's pocket and those of the financiers who have grown immensely rich through their associations with the country's putative dictator.<b><i>Spectator USA</i><br /><br />Praise for </b><i><b>House of Bush, House of Saud</b><br /><br /></i>[An] explosive work of journalism.<i><b>The New York Times <br /></b><br /></i>Cautious and elemental...with great care [Unger] has synthesized these scattered reports into a narrative that is as chilling as it is gripping. This book builds a momentum and discovery that makes it impossible to stop reading.<i><b>The Atlanta Journal-Constitution <br /><br /></b></i>"[An] intensely researched [and] well written-book.<i><b>Publishers Weekly</b><br /><br /></i>"Immensely researched and well-documented...illuminating, disturbing...skillfully packaged...meticulously referenced.<i><b>Fort Worth Star-Telegram<br /></b></i><br />Unger has performed a clear public service by laying out the Bush-Saud relationship and demanding that we see it as a problem that requires accounting.<b><b>Newsday </b><br /></b><br />A very powerful, well-researched and sober book that leaves the reader both enlightened and more than a little disturbed.<i><b><b>The Guardian<br /></b></b><br /></i>"It is Craig Ungers particular gift to make us see more clearly than ever what lies beneath.<i><b><b><b>The Observer (UK)</b><br /><br /></b></b><br /></i>
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  ## ABOUT THE BOOK
  
  
  _House of Trump, House of Putin_ offers the first comprehensive investigation
  into the decades-long relationship between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and
  the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House.
  
  
  It is a chilling story that begins in the 1970s, when Trump made his first
  splash in the booming, money-drenched world of New York real estate, and ends
  with his inauguration as president of the United States. That moment was the
  culmination of Russia’s long mission to undermine Western democracy, a mission
  that began more than thirty years ago, when the Russian Mafia first targeted
  Trump properties to launder money, and led to Putin’s oligarchs and Mafia
  kingpins rescuing Trump from a string of sensational bankruptcies.
  
  
  In _House of Trump, House of Putin_ , Craig Unger methodically traces the
  deep-rooted alliance between the highest echelons of American political
  operatives and the biggest players in the frightening underworl