Summary

When both Freddy and Donald joined Trump Management, they each expected to become their father’s right-hand man and then succeed him. Despite having less experience, Donald was promoted over Freddy. Donald was determined to grow and climb within the New York society crowd.

Freddy is no longer able to work as a pilot due to his alcoholism, and he also struggled to fulfill his duties as a husband and a father. Fred Sr. encourages Freddy to give up alcohol by shaming him out of his addiction. Although the medical view of alcoholism and addiction had changed drastically in the previous few decades, public perception hadn’t evolved much. Despite treatment programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, which had been around since 1935, the stigma attached to addicts and addiction persisted. Fred Sr. is diagnosed with cancer.

Maryanne, with the help of a $600 loan, was...