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1. CamperBob2May 2026
   Of course it was fake. It was ghostwritten (again, of course it was), and the ghostwriter is wracked with remorse. [1]

   The idea that a chump who bankrupted a casino could outmaneuver the country that invented the term "checkmate" was always profoundly stupid... so of course, Trump's supporters lapped it up like antifreeze.

   1: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tony-schwartz-trumps-ghostwrite...

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2. tim333Aug 2025
   Shame we didn't get the actual author of the Art of the Deal, Tony Schwartz. Trump had it ghost written. I read it years ago and thought this guy is pretty cool, not realising it wasn't Trump.

   In 1987 the real Trump was off in Moscow being groomed by the Russians.

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3. ecjhdnc2025Aug 2024
   Fun fact about The Art of the Deal: Trump was so desperately keen to have a book ghostwritten he ignorantly gave Tony Schwartz one of the best ghostwriting deals in publishing history (if not the best).

   From Trump's perspective it was about the worst possible deal he could have struck if he'd approached it from the point of view the book is trying to portray.

   I've always thought this to be enormously instructive about who he is. Strip away the politics, the authoritarian-populist schtick, and he fails on his own terms, again and again and again.

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4. ozimAug 2022
   You say you were disheartened.

   I bought and read Robert Kiyosaki - Rich Dad Poor Dad followed with Donald Trump - The Art of the Deal.

   After reading these I felt worse than at the time I was actually mugged on the street. I think I paid like $20 for both books and muggers got something like $15 I had on me.

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5. bryanrasmussenNov 2021
   >I don't think you'd find Ayn Rand in the average modern school library. Or a book that supports Trump, or a book that talks about socialism in an unflattering light.

   My daughter's ultra left wing school in Denmark has Atlas Shrugged, Trump: The Art of the Deal, and Gulag Archipelago.

   Are you suggesting that American schools are more left wing than a left wing school in Denmark?

   Also, I got Atlas Shrugged from my school library in the U.S but that was in the 80s so probably you would think that wouldn't be possible today?

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6. buffalooOct 2020
   “good publicity is preferable to bad, but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all. Controversy, in short, sells.” Donald J. Trump, Trump: The Art of the Deal
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