To shed some light on the “thinking from the top”, here’s a quote from a related Snopes article (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-asbestos-trump_face/

To shed some light on the “thinking from the top”, here’s a quote from a related Snopes article (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-asbestos-trump_face/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/russian-asbestos-trump_fac...): > Trump once opined, in his 1997 book The Art of the Comeback, that efforts to reduce and regulate asbestos (a material he claimed was “100% safe” once applied) in building construction were part of a mob-lead conspiracy: >> I believe that the movement against asbestos was led by the mob, because it was often mob-related companies that would do the asbestos removal. Great pressure was put on politicians, and as usual, the politicians relented.