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Trump as Don Corleone: ‘Every time he does somebody a favour … he expects a quid pro quo’

Barbara McQuade’s book is a piercing exposé of how Trump is eroding democracy by turning the US into a mafia state “I believe in America.…

Source Guardian US AI Summary Updated June 13, 2026

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Freshness Stale Updated June 13, 2026

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Barbara McQuade’s book is a piercing exposé of how Trump is eroding democracy by turning the US into a mafia state “I believe in America.” So says Amerigo Bonasera, a humble funeral director, in the opening scene of the 1972 film The Godfather . As Barbara McQuade recounts at the start of her new book , Bonasera has come to the shadowy office of Vito Corleo…

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