Barbara McQuade’s book is a piercing exposé of how Trump is eroding democracy by turning the US into a mafia state Barbara McQuade’s book is a piercing exposé of how Trump is eroding democracy by turning the US into a mafia state “I believe in America.” So says Amerigo Bonasera, a humble funeral director, in the opening scene of the 1972 film The Godfather . As Barbara McQuade recounts at the start of her new book , Bonasera has come to the shadowy office of Vito Corleone to ask him to avenge a