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'Art of the Deal' co-author regrets using phrase to push 'fake marketing idea' about Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/427092-art-of-the-deal-co-author-regrets-using-phrase-to-push-fake-marketingThe co-author of President Trump’s bestselling 1987 book, “The Art of the Deal,” said Saturday that he regrets using the phrase to push a “fake marketing idea” about the former business mogul.
“The ‘Art of the Deal’ was a phrase that came out of my mouth 30 years ago as a way for Trump to write an autobiography he didn't have. It was a fake marketing idea, not a reality,” Tony Schwartz wrote on Twitter. “I regret it every day of my life.”
Schwartz said Trump’s decision on Friday to end the 35-day partial government shutdown “put a final nail in the fantasy I helped to create.”
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“The ‘Art of the Deal’ was a phrase that came out of my mouth 30 years ago as a way for Trump to write an autobiography he didn't have. It was a fake marketing idea, not a reality,” Tony Schwartz wrote on Twitter. “I regret it every day of my life.”
Schwartz said Trump’s decision on Friday to end the 35-day partial government shutdown “put a final nail in the fantasy I helped to create.”
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