This is the Tom Hartman program.

Today we're reading from David Enrich's book, Dark Towers,

Deutsche Bank, Donald Trump, and an epic trail of destruction.

This is from chapter 10, it's titled The Marilago Prize.

In 1905, a German immigrant living in the Bronx

set up a small barber shop on the ground floor of a newly constructed building

at 60 Wall Street in the heart of Manhattan's booming financial district.

In an era before skyscrapers, the 25-story L-shaped tower was a landmark.

It's gargoyle guarded roof visible from the nearby waterfront.

The barber shop thrived offering shaves and trims to a procession of bankers, stock exchange

traders, lawyers, and office workers.

Barber's name was Frederick Trump. The same year that he

opened the shop, his wife gave birth to a boy named Fred. Many years passed and

the barber shop closed and the old 60 Wall Street gave way in 1989 to a new 60 Wall Street,

a 47-story tower topped with a distinctive pyramid roof.

For a time it was home to J.P. Morgan and company. Then the bank left and in 2005

Deutsche Bank started relocating its American staff displaced ever since 9-11 to its

new home at 60 Wall Street. And so Frederick Trump's grandson, born to Fred's

wife in 1946, became an occasional visitor to the site of his grandfather's old barber shop.

Deutia's relationship with Donald Trump had only deepened since Mike Offett left.

Justice Justin Kennedy, this is the son of Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justin Kennedy now Justice estate deals for him through the bank.

Kennedy's role was to find customers to buy portions of loans after Deutsche

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