CON MEN: Get Yourself a Big Job Title
From the not-yet-published book “Techniques of Successful Con Men”
Techniques of Successful Con Men: If you (A) want to suddenly acquire extremely big piles of money; and also [B] need to strangle multiple legal investigations and prosecutions of your multiple scams and related activities, just do this: Find a way to be president of a large country.
A headline in The New Yorker, on January 31, 2026, says: “Trump’s Profiteering Hits $4 Billion — In August, I reported that the President and his family had made $3.4 billion by leveraging his position. After his first year back in office, the number has ballooned.”
Read the INTRODUCTION to the series “Techniques of Successful Con Men”
