本片以充满腐败和欺骗的世界为背景，聚焦于唐纳德·特朗普（塞巴斯蒂安·斯坦 Sebastian Stan 饰）在上世纪七八十年代在纽约发展房地产业务的过程，还将挖掘他与臭名昭著的律师罗伊·科恩（杰瑞米·斯特朗 Jeremy Strong 饰）的关系。这是一个老师和学生的故事，讲述了美国一个重要资本大亨的起源。
Sheltering from the 1918 Spanish Flu at their seaside estate, a Progressive journalist and his socialite wife take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook. But when the plague descends on the posh island, the family and staff find themselves cut off from society and, like castaways, struggling to survive. The new cook sees an opportunity to rouse his fellow staff to re-think...
