newyorker | Everything Follow The Man Who Green-Lighted Trump’s Ballroom Rodney Mims Cook, Jr., a Presidential sidekick from Atlanta and a triumphal-arch enthusiast, is just back from Russia, where he hung out with Putin and Steven Seagal. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/07/27/the-man-who-green-lighted-trumps-ballroom newyorker.com