Well, if Pizzaboy said that every builder in New York had to cohort with criminals, he's wrong. Most couldn't even if they wanted to. They had to bite the bullet and pay inflated prices for everything from labor to supplies. Trump had the inside connections to strike a deal with the mob, and he did. He did so knowingly. He had fixers to keep him insulated. He's a crook. He might have even stolen the election. It's the way he operates.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
