V New Yorku v sedemdesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja si ambiciozni nepremičninski mogotec Donald J. Trump prizadeva izstopiti iz sence svojega vplivnega očeta. Na začetku svoje kariere spozna odvetnika Roya Cohna, ki postane njegov glavni mentor. Cohn Trumpa uči, kako si pridobiti bogastvo in moč s prevarami, ustrahovanjem in medijsko manipulacijo.
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