Trump and the art of “the deal”

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“I never attach to one deal or one approach” – the words attributed to a specific Donald J Trump in 1987. For beginners, I keep a lot of balls in the air, because most deals fall, regardless of their start at first.

You might think it is not worthy of trying to find answers to what is exactly in the minds of the US President by referring to the Ghost -Scritten book for him about 38 years ago. And after reviewing through The art of the deal – It also seems that many people, a friend and enemy, have been doing recently – is the closest to which you can reach to understand Trump’s mentality. “My style of making deals is very simple and direct.” “I am greatly aimed at, then I continue to pay, pay and pay to get what I am after.”

But although the book may provide a lens through which we can better understand Trump’s psychology, his brand style of transactions, winners and winners-or how his management has descended to this degree of chaos in less than 100 days-does not provide exactly any kind of plans for American leadership. Lower thought diplomacy Written by Henry Kissinger, and more If you do that Written by OJ Simpson (albeit without things about * by default * committing a murder).

However, the book has become a kind of Bible, where the blessed Bible can be used to rationalize, justify and glorify every wild jar made by the president. “Many of you were absent in the media clearly The art of the dealCaroline Levitte, 27 -year -old press secretary, told reporters recently, as Trump announced the cessation of the customs tariff amid the collapse of the market. “It is clear that you have failed to know what President Trump is doing here.” (She was right in this part.)

In the way Trump thinks, the means – which can be strange or unrealistic as he loves – has what is justified by the ends, which are always the same: win. You do not need to be taken seriously. It should be very stressful, then, reach policies, ideas and arguments around the hoof and it has an army of Lackeys and Fanatics Ready to defend it as part of some of the major plan. Looking at the Treasury Secretary Scott Payette to bend to justify Trump’s standard standard as “strategy all the time”. Or JD Vance Vice -President tells journalists that “we can not only ignore the president’s desires” when they were asked about the threats of Greenland’s attachment, or an attempt Use the Bible as a justification for Trump America is the first policies.

How can we describe the system of belief created by Trump’s students of believers and subscribe now, which is treated The art of the deal As evidence that Trump is America’s savior? I like the word Martin Walker, a research colleague at Warwick College of Business: “The deal.”

The great thing in the deal is that it can never be a mistake – it is completely resistant because it is never clear to what extent we are in the four -dimensional chess game. Telling lies, eliminating chaos, or making a huge chaos is just part of the process. “If things do not turn the way they promised, it is part of a larger hidden strategy that includes lying about the strategy,” explains Walker. “And if this does not happen, there is nothing wrong because this is part of a larger strategy.” You get a core.

Another thing that must be understood about the deal is that it is not a matter of any specific policy as much as it comes to blind faith in the main infallible deals maker Trump. This is a kind of driving worship that was Very good description Once again in March 2016 on CNN.

The man said: “You have a leader who appears and says: Do not put your faith in yourselves, do not put your faith in society, put your faith in me.” “For years to come, there are many people on the right … they will have to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of Donald Trump’s support, because this will not end well.” The broadcaster was Marco Rubio, now the foreign minister, who is likely to be found on a basin these days as he ignored the market accidents caused by Trump or indicates that he should receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

The paradox in all this is that if they searched their sacred book closely, then the followers of the deal realized that they take everything seriously more than they mean. “The real excitement is to play the game,” Trump says in a section called “Enjoy”. “I don’t spend much time about what I should have done differently, or what will happen next,” he continues. “If you asked you exactly about the deals … all of this adds to the end, I am not sure that I have a very good answer.” Fortunately for him, the conductors will always be prepared for one.

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