{"id":8278,"date":"2019-09-24T17:01:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T21:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/?p=8278"},"modified":"2019-09-24T17:04:18","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T21:04:18","slug":"brian-roseatlantic-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianrose.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/brian-roseatlantic-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Rose\/Atlantic City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>Trump Human Resources Office, Atlantic City<\/p>\n

Today, September 24th, 2019 will be remembered as the day Donald Trump’s stolen presidency began to crumble. The president himself is holed up in Trump Tower — after his desultory appearance at the UN — as Nancy Pelosi announces the initiation of impeachment proceedings.<\/p>\n

Just a short time ago I began photographing Atlantic City and Trump’s failed legacy. The pictures in my book describe a damaged urban landscape — extreme poverty and extreme wealth juxtaposed. The blame goes first to the politicians who concocted the casino gambling model as a way to save the crumbling resort city. It was never a serious solution. It was a kleptocracy disguised as a solution.<\/p>\n

That’s where Trump came in — as a modern-day robber baron propped up by Russian mafia money. When he\u00a0left his casino empire around 2014 to 2016, Atlantic City had a higher unemployment rate than it did\u00a0when he arrived. It had fewer homeowners than when he arrived. Crime had worsened. Property taxes had gone up, and abandoned houses and vacant lots littered the landscape.<\/p>\n

Despite the glaring evidence of his failure in Atlantic City, along with his clear obligations to shadowy foreign leaders, the American public — not a majority, but enough — voted for someone who would forever stain the honor of this country. They gambled away the American dream on a charlatan and a traitor.<\/p>\n

Atlantic City — available for purchase on Amazon.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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