▲ 416 ▼ Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet (www.thebeaverton.com) submitted 1 week ago by ZeroCool@piefed.ca to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works 27 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 27 points 1 week ago (4 children) It was ghost-written for him. Some guy followed him around for a long time (18 months, I think?). permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 10 points 6 days ago* I'm surprised there was that much interaction with him. edit: someone linked the wikipedia page, and someone else quoted this: Trump has cited it as one of his proudest accomplishments and his second-favorite book (after the Bible).[5][6] Schwartz called ghost-writing the book his "greatest regret in life, without question," and both he and the book's publisher, Howard Kaminsky, have said that Trump had played no role in its writing. Trump has given conflicting accounts on the question of authorship. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago Just like everything else he didn't create, he slapped his name on it and thinks he's a genius. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago That same guy also called him out as being illiterate iirc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Almacca@aussie.zone 11 points 1 week ago (1 child) I found this article from 2016 that tells the whole story. It's worse that I ever thought. (Hit reader mode in Firefox before the pop-up appears) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago Can also open in the web archive, it skips the paywall permalink fedilink source parent
[–] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 10 points 6 days ago* I'm surprised there was that much interaction with him. edit: someone linked the wikipedia page, and someone else quoted this: Trump has cited it as one of his proudest accomplishments and his second-favorite book (after the Bible).[5][6] Schwartz called ghost-writing the book his "greatest regret in life, without question," and both he and the book's publisher, Howard Kaminsky, have said that Trump had played no role in its writing. Trump has given conflicting accounts on the question of authorship. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ragepaw@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 week ago Just like everything else he didn't create, he slapped his name on it and thinks he's a genius. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago That same guy also called him out as being illiterate iirc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 11 points 1 week ago (1 child) I found this article from 2016 that tells the whole story. It's worse that I ever thought. (Hit reader mode in Firefox before the pop-up appears) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago Can also open in the web archive, it skips the paywall permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago Can also open in the web archive, it skips the paywall permalink fedilink source parent