The demolition of the White House East Wing to build a ballroom. The takeover of the Kennedy Center and a new name on its facade. Presidential trips to the president's own golf courses, paid for by taxpayers.
The seventh book of Putting America Last: A World Without Friends examines who is paying for the ballroom and which donors stand behind it, the lawsuits filed against it, the transformation of the nation's leading cultural center, the public cost of weekends at the president's private clubs, and the use of the Trump brand inside government.
The book ends with a question now debated openly: fit for office? Based on public records, court filings, and congressional reports.