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No it will not. Donald Trump is not a good negotiator and he has no strategies aside from narcissism. The guy who wrote the book said himself he made it out of whole cloth without really any input from him. You're falling for a conman, dude.

Choice quotes from the author:

>"Trump's tweet that he has "written" bestselling books is one more deceit & delusion. He is incapable of reading a book, much less writing one."

>Given the Times report on Trump’s staggering losses, I’d be fine if Random House simply took the book out of print. Or recategorized it as fiction.

>“If I had to rename ‘The Art of the Deal’ I would call it ‘The Sociopath,’” “He has no conscience. He has no guilt.... He does not experience the world in the way an ordinary human being would.”

>“I put lipstick on a pig. I feel a deep sense of remorse that I contributed to presenting Trump in a way that brought him wider attention and made him more appealing than he is.”



Strange. Without reading the book you are certain it contains no useful information.

Have you considered the possibility that both the author and yourself are suffering from TDS?


> Donald Trump is not a good negotiator

Can you define what a good negotiator is? Who, in your estimation, qualifies as a good negotiator?

I think there are a ton of very negative, but true, statements you could make describing Donald Trump. It seems like he's not a strong reader, he's not very well educated, he's bad at reading a speech. He, unforgivably, seems to believe and actively promote crazy conspiracy theories, including that Obama was born in Kenya. Those are all clear, and I'm just sticking to personal attributes that would describe him without going into politics. The quotes you use to justify your comment all make very strong and from what I can tell accurate descriptions of Trump.

I think it's a stretch to try to say that someone who talked their way into winning a presidential primary and a national election is 'a bad negotiator'. It just doesn't scan.


Trump also promoted the idea that Ted Cruz was born in Cuba.

Perhaps President Trump attacks all his political opponents equally - as strongly as possible?


Sure, he could be lying when he says he believes crazy conspiracy theories, but I don't know if that is much of a defense: "He's not crazy, he just dishonestly manipulates crazy people who actually believe the insane theories he repeats".


Trump lies. Just like all politicians. Trump is simply better at it than his opponents.




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