The Billionare Who Fueled Trump's Populist Takeover

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 24, 2017

The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer joins us to discuss her latest piece, “How Robert Mercer, a Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon, Exploited America’s Populist Insurgency.” Mayer documents how a Long Island billionaire and hedge-fund manager Robert Mercer spent millions fueling the anti-establishment resentment that would lead to Donald Trump's presidency.

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