Art Of The Deal author fails to secure deal with friendliest nation on planet

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2026/08/art-of-the-deal-author-fails-to-secure-deal-with-friendliest-nation-on-planet/

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johncandy1812@lemmy.ca · 40 pts · 1d (9 replies)

He doesn't want a deal. Never did. He wasted Canada's time on purpose. He's starting a war.

im_fine_sandy@nord.pub · 9 pts · 20h (3 replies)

Really though?

Trump just wakes up every day and does whatever thing he hopes will distract everyone from hi, being a pedo rapist and his ongoing harvesting of the wealth of the American people.

I don't think there's an actual plan to start a war. Surely that would be a huge self-own?

bad1080@piefed.social · 4 pts · 16h

there are concepts of a plan

Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 8h

Epsteeeiiiiin!

ruekk@fedinsfw.app · 1 pts · 5h

Trump probably doesn't have a plan for Canada, but I bet Miller does.

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 5 pts · 1d

Seems he wants to bully them into submission first.

ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 10h (3 replies)

You’re acting like this guy is capable of planning more than 15 minutes ahead. He can’t, that’s all his working memory can hold these days.

johncandy1812@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 10h (2 replies)

It's silly to think these are the acts of just one man. He holds a grudge too, and he's riled up the masses who, immediately, seem pretty onboard against Canada.

ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 10h (1 reply)

I can assure you the vast majority of people in the USA don’t want a war with Canada. Any voices you are seeing stating otherwise are massively amplified by oligarchs and don’t represent reality on the ground.

johncandy1812@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 10h

That may be but we're still under attack from this administration, and the people who do support it.

WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 26 pts · 1d (5 replies)

It was ghost-written for him. Some guy followed him around for a long time (18 months, I think?).

ragepaw@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 1d

Just like everything else he didn't create, he slapped his name on it and thinks he's a genius.

Hasherm0n@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1d

That same guy also called him out as being illiterate iirc.

Almacca@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 1d (1 reply)

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)

gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 21h

Can also open in the web archive, it skips the paywall

im_fine_sandy@nord.pub · 10 pts · 20h

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.

nkat2112@sh.itjust.works · 21 pts · 19h

While now unable to secure a deal with a neighbouring peaceful nation who is the living embodiment of a cartoon beaver offering to share their six-pack, Trump still insists that his negotiation skills are unparalleled.

Hilarious, I love it. LOL

Delilah@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 15 pts · 1d (2 replies)

I'm confused, Tony Schwartz can't make a deal with Canada?

Wikipedia: The Art of the Deal

Elgenzay@lemmy.ml · 22 pts · 23h (1 reply)

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.

Hilarious

nkat2112@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 19h

Truly, this is precious.

LMAO

nexguy@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 18h

Trump has never authored a single thing beyond tweet length in his life.

ColdWater@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1d (1 reply)

Satire sites post real news now?

mcSlibinas@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1d

Satire being killed burned and buried. Satire sites need to invent satire² or to convert to nonsatire sites?

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 18h

A dumb guy (notice the 'b'?) like trump could only rise in a country like america. They were made for each other. Now most citizens of all stripes are starting to realize "Hey, we need to make some serious changes here". lil' trumpie's end is nigh.

lizardo@lemmy.world · -24 pts · 1d (5 replies)
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BandanaBug@piefed.social · 8 pts · 1d

Record high American debt. This guy: trump is a great businessman

_stranger_@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1d

AfterlifeAdventures@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1d (2 replies)

Fuck off bootlocker

A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 22h (1 reply)

You mean Davy Jones' bootlocker? 😱

AfterlifeAdventures@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18h

LMAO wish I could afford glasses LMAO got me lickin windows LoL