The Bank That Kept Saying Yes to Trump

<p>At a time when most Wall Street firms had stopped doing business with Donald J. Trump, a single bank lent him more than $2 billion. We look at the two-decade relationship that could unlock the president’s financial secrets. Guests: Natalie Kitroeff, a business reporter for The New York Times, spoke with David Enrich, the finance editor and author of the forthcoming book “<a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062878816/unti-on-deutsche-bank/" target="_blank">Dark Towers: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Destructive Bank</a>.” For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>A real estate mogul made toxic by polarizing rhetoric and a pattern of defaults. A bank with longstanding financial problems and a record of misconduct.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/business/trump-deutsche-bank.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> Read about President Trump’s tumultuous history with Deutsche Bank</a>.</li><li>A federal judge on Wednesday<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/business/deutsche-bank-trump-subpoena.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> ruled against a request from the president to block Deutsche Bank from complying</a> with congressional subpoenas.</li></ul>