Donald Trump's 'Art of the Deal' Ghostwriter Tony Schwartz Speaks Out | MSNBC
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- Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter for Donald Trump's book "Art of the Deal", speaks out about his experience of working with the GOP nominee.
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Donald Trump's 'Art of the Deal' Ghostwriter Tony Schwartz Speaks Out | MSNBC
He's a dangerous narcissist. This guy nailed it. All his supporters would be wise to look up narcissist personality disorder. He only cares about himself. He said he was going to run after being embarrassed big style by the pres at the Washington Correspondence Dinner. Everyone was laughing at him. This is why he is running.
I thought I was the only person who observed that. You can look at his face in that clip and see exactly when he decided to run. You do not need to be a mensa candidate, to see how sick Trump is.
D Howard Oh, that is wonderful! Really? You got that, too! Can we analyze this together? I'll find the link. This will be fun. Hahaha "you don't need to be a mensa candidate". Good one, man. Let me ask you this: did you think of Carrie, Stephen King? "They're all gonna laugh at you." Cue pig blood followed by death and destruction. Yeah. I see a parallel. And guess what? Not a mensa candidate.
***** Yeah. No doubt. He gives me the heebie jeebies.
So he is running to prove to himself that he can do it? I fail to see how that is a bad thing.
Valken LMAO okay
His experience with Trump should be a major Dem. campaign theme.
I hope so. If this goes away in a week and no one is remembering it come November, than there is no hope for this country and the human race in general.
Do you still hope so? haha
So basically everything he said about Trump turned out to be true.
... DUMP TRUMP ... POS Not POTUS ...
I know this is an MSNBC interview. But Tony Schwarts was great in giving the inside of who Trump really is.
isn't a 'ghostwriter' someone who does NOT have their name on the book?
Donald Trump - Art of the Deal
Gilderoy Lockhart - Magical Me
Trump = Lockhart
At least Lockhart wrote his own books,Trump couldn't even do that!
Touche lmao
trump cant even speak more than 3 words
Hillary had a breakdown or mini-stroke about two weeks ago. She is having seizures too. Now Hillary Clinton needs a script or the brain damage is obvious. All of her lies have reached 'critical mass' and the result is organic brain syndrome. I don't want to see anyone suffer with mental illness. I sure don't want them running America.
So accurate!!
Tony has guts. I wonder if he is a Republican?
All the news stations interviewed this guy - except for FOX. Wonder why?
Mr. Schwartz is telling the truth, I can feel it in my bones.
Trump with his finger on the Nuclear Button?
his tiny, tiny finger... :P
Was is Hitlery or was it Trump that voted for the Iraq War? Was is Hitlery or was it Trump that carried out Obama's war in Libya and created chaos is Libya? It seems to be that the liberal media loves to blame Trump for every one of Obama's and Hitlery's failures.
Yet it is Hillary and her husband that have had people murdered,stolen money,sold America's secrets,destroyed people's lives and BILL has been accused of raping over 2 dozen women and Hillary threatens their lives afterward to keep them quite,so why won't MSNBC AND CNN let the man(Roger Stone) on their shows with all the evidence?
+DBZFan2 Wow so it went from Killary to Hitlery wow how clever. You Trump supporters are real closed minded simpletons.
+Tim Ballentine What youtube conspiracy video told you that.
Lol 4 yrs later and everything this guy said proved to be on point
CoNGRESS SHOULD OPEN ON INVESTIGATIONS OF DONALD TRUMP INCOME TAX. WHY HE WON'T SHOW IT TO THE PUBLIC. THERE SHOULD BE A LAW THAT YOU CAN'T BE NOMINATED OR ELECTED IF YOU DON'T REVEAL YOUR INCOME TAX TO THE PUBLIC. ALSO REVEAL IF CAMPAIGNN DONATIONS GO TO UOUR OWN PERSONAL USE OR CAMPAIGN EXPENSES
Both Obamas released their taxes lol
+ItzMikeOmg He made his available during both his campaigns! Where are Donald's? Perhaps Donald is afraid to show all the money he is accepting from Russia, and God only knows from who else as well. How could anyone really support him?
hey fool, the government has already opened up an investigation of Donald Trump taxes... It's called the IRS.
Wheres the college records? Obama paid millions to hide them.
Just repeat ad nauseum....
ItzMikeOmg Obama probably paid the lizard people to hide his college records and birth certificate for him back when he was staging the moon landing in Houston. Typical Obama...
Making Donnie Drumpf Again
There seems to be strong anti-trump lobby from the Jews. First it was Andrew Tesoro and now Schwartz. Maybe they are concerned that he might pull the plug on the aid to Israel or not engage militarily. To think that these guys had a sudden change of heart after all these years is highly suspect.
I love that bit. Good stuff.
+Utube Xothree Trump is a strong supporter of Jews (his son in law is Jewish) and Israel, so I'm not sure why they would be concerned about that. It's more likely that they're just concerned he's a narcissistic sociopath who could destroy humanity with his ignorance.
nafaidni I second that concern.
the first questions of course when you have a hit piece like this should be: what are your politics? who in politics do you have a beef with? Etc.
But of course we get nothing like that here because we are dealing with hacks not journalists.
A mans prognostications about the future does not a news piece make. There is no shortage of folks who think Hillary Clinton would leave the world a smoking ruin. Please, do we really need another editorial masquerading as news?
This is a man who spent a lot of time with Trump and even ghostwrote a book for him, so it is entirely appropriate for him to testify to Trump's character. Forgetting that Trump doesn't really have any political positions beyond building a wall and forcing Mexico to pay for it. Still, we don't have to take Tony at his word, even if he did ghostwrite for Trump. He is just verifying what is obvious to most of us, telling us from his own experience to trust our gut feeling that Trump is a narcissistic sociopath. Now go find someone who ghostwrote a book with Hillary willing to describe her as such. Maybe she is a sociopath too, but at least she hasn't asked why we can't use nuclear weapons since we have them.
+Meng Hao Trump is a narcissist, as you say. But not to the detriment of his own country's security, like Hillary Clinton - who has taken personal enrichment at the public trough to a new low.
Say what you will about Donald Trump, he has never intentionally harmed his country, or its public servant's lives at risk, for the crass purpose of padding his nest egg.
He hasn't harmed his country? Do all the people that he has scammed not count as a part of the country?
+Rockinghorse Winner lololol yeah right
As an American living in the UK that is the general consensus I have found among friends and work colleagues....that Trump is doing this purely for the kudos. What I keep getting asked is, "why on earth do these Trump supporters believe a billionaire is going to save them"?
I honestly can't explain it, Trump is obviously a showman, but I'd have thought it obvious even to the most blinkered of Trump supporters, that the "only" thing Trump really cares about is himself, money and his family in that order.
You're using too much logic, you're assuming his supporters use logic. They're all Christians, they're born and bread to follow without questioning so they've been primed to be enamored by a charlatan.
so he's downsizing to a us president's salary... ya you make a lot of sense.
Why? Because way too many of our fellow Americans will fall hook, line and sinker for just about anything that's packaged to suit their own selfish needs. The Trump demographic is under-educated, white, and lower-income, and he's tapping directly into that. Hate Mexicans because they're taking your jobs and a few cents out of your Wild Turkey dough? Think we need a "real man" in the White House who's going to tell the rest of the world who's The Boss? Then, hey, Trump's your man. It's no wonder other countries think we're a bunch of self-absorbed, lunkheaded cowboys. But, as P.T. Barnum once said, "There's a sucker born every minute." Yes, frogstamper, a billionaire who - I'm sure! - never lied, cheated, stole, or bullshitted all his way to the bank. Leopards do not change their spots. Stay where you are, frogstamper. You're better off.
LOL. You live in the UK, had the people vote for Brexit without understanding what it means and you are asking why Trump Supporters believe a billionaire is going to save them? Really? Stupidity and racism is universal. They all say the same thing, "He is a Billionaire and has created jobs" and can't get any deeper than "We want a non politician". As H L Minken said almost a century ago "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." We got two crooked people running, god help us all.
I'm not inclined to believe ANYTHING Trump says including his assertion that he's a billionaire. Of course if he'd release his income tax he could put those questions to rest once and for all. Gee, wonder why he hasn't made them public?
WOW!!! Explosive interview!
Why have discredited Brian Williams do this story? Pathetic.
Yeah,has Brian ever come clean yet? How could someone not remember if his plane was hit by a rocket or if it was another plane?
Sure Tim, ignore the message by shooting the messenger!
K. Bayquoi This guy doesn't like Trump,Comey showed that Hillary is a lying criminal and others claim she's sold secrets to our enemies.I'll choose Trump over a spy who would sell our secrets and have us be destroyed.
+Tim Ballentine And where did you hear this from?
Wow, Tim don't tell me, let me guess. You will not be voting for Hillary. But you really should bring your rhetoric back into some sort of reality. Comey showed there were 3 emails, incorrectly marked and easily missed as being classified(out of 65000) that slipped through and there was no willful intent on her part. If you really believe she sold secrets to enemies, you are too far gone to even have a rational discussion with.
So here is a question that might be more on your level....“Why is Donald Trump orange?”
Thank you! Thank you for your courage and integrity in speaking out!
Schwartz is my new hero.
Mess with the bull you get the horns. Exactly the President this country needs!!!!
A bull? Bulls are destructive, rarely create anything else except more bulls and cows.
Exactly, so don't mess with it.
+jeremy67A Wow you're stupid.
Leave Donald Trump alone people... He knows ghostwriters. He knows many, many ghostwriters. He's going to make ghostwriters great again.
Wow...Tony should have come forward months ago. ..just wow
Yup. He should have come forward months ago, ad the DNC emails should have been leaked months ago. Then this election might be Sanders vs Cruz.
+northofyou33 true
great point. if he's so knowledgeable and freaked-out why didn't he come forward when trump's wins and poll numbers started trending?? what if his delay contributes to disasterous trump administration?
he immediately got attacked by the right and a letter from Trump's lawyer. He didn't want the extra scrutiny.
Rod L: But DT loves the attention, even scrutiny. Remember -- "All publicity is good publicity."?
I am not a republican and I am not a democrat. But I am a ghostwriter. And what I know is that ghostwriters sign NDAs - non-disclosure agreements. This agreement states that you, as the ghostwriter, are never to take credit for the book written, never to copy it, sell it, etc. It's a legal, binding agreement. The point is that Trump has the legal right to call it his book - to call it his creation - especially if his ideas are in it - and especially if he edited it. So, how can Tony come public with this without legal repercussions? Why isn't there any regard for the legal relationship between a client and a ghostwriter? If there is no legal regard, can I start telling everyone about the 40+ books that I wrote as a ghostwriter? I didn't even get any royalties, or make millions like this guy Tony Schwartz. My point is that Donald Trump has every right to call it his book and to say that he wrote it since he HIRED a ghostwriter to write his book. That's the way it works.
If you needed this guy to tell you, you shouldnt be voting
Yes. If IQ was a condition for voting, the whole US Republican Party would be ineligible.
Well, every last word of Tony's was absolutely spot on. And yet STILL some idiots can't see it all these years later.
unfortunately these people already know all of this and they don't care. opportunistic Christians
Battered wives stay too long convinced if they try harder, it'll get better. People still financially contribute to a church that covered up the sexual abuse of children. Alas, as so often in love and religion, so too in politics is it routinely more comfortable to voluntarily remain fooled than to painfully admit you've _been_ fooled.
He had warned the American people, but they got sucked.
Ghostwriter, I knew it! I knew Donald Dummkopf wouldn't have the smarts to write a book by himself. He is however very good at getting others to do all the work for him, while he takes all the credit.
+Rex Mundi of course is Trump able to write his own book!!! He and Schwartz have written this book. I don't know why is Schwartz talking so bad about Trump.....
Mimi Pickard thanks for your comment. But I'm pretty sure, Trump has also a nice and gentle side!!!
*****
so does Hillary Clinton but I bet you won't say the same about her will you?
Rex Mundi I think, she has also a good side. Everybody has a good side and a bad side!!!
Mimi Pickard
Thank you very much for your information. So do you know Donald J Trump personally????
I wonder if this will matter at all to any Trump supporters.
Trump seems to get away with anything amongst them... facts not mattering the least. (Where's his tax returns?)
I know Hillary is bad... I feel insulted by her lying. But I feel even more insulted by Trumps lies.
*****
" ...how do you know he isn't lying?"
Are you asking why I trust the word of him over the word of Donald Trump?
Tell me why I should trust Donald Trump not to lie?
"...why did it take so long for Schwartz to come out in front of the media?"
He actually has answered that himself.
"...what is his motive for coming out so late after Donald Trump has become the republican nominee?"
... at a certain point it's not a joke anymore. The risk of a Trump presidency has become deadly serious for the entire planet.
"I'm fairly certain Schwartz is a democrat,"
He makes no secret of his own political opinions.
"is it....is it perhaps that Hillary Clinton's campaign has made contact with him?..."
That's a nice conspiracy theory ... however. One doesn't have to like Hillary to know that Trump is dangerous.
+Atheism is a Religion atheism is NOT a religion.
When you stop believing in Santa are you now in a faith equal to when you believed in him?
All your questions about Schwartz and Trump- why he didn't come out earlier etc are explained in a recent new yorker article titled Trump's boswell speaks. It's incredibly in depth and written by the awesome Jane Mayer who recently wrote a book about the Koch brothers and previously wrote about the CIA torture program.
*****
Who said that he didn't "know" what everybody else knew?
Occams Razor tells you that it's perfectly plausible that he just has hesitated for simple mundane reasons of whether it was the correct thing to do wrt. a professional relationship and the personal spotlight and consequences it would have. ... until conscience convinced him to go public.
... I know Occams Razor is unpopular amongst conspiracy theorists.
*****
Try have a look at the date on this article:
www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/art-of-the-deal-trump_us_578ce629e4b0a0ae97c2aa9b
... now tell me again what Occams Razor tells you about your "perfect timing" conspiracy theory that it's "just after the GOP announces that officially DT is no longer the presumptive nominee."
*****
... or a bad moral conscience which finally got the better of him.
You seem to completely ignore that this is not just "politics" - outside of the fact-free Trump-fan bubble, there's actually a serious concern that a Trump presidency will do serious harm to the entire planet in ways not seen in 80 years.
Thanks to Tony Schwartz for exposing Donald "Jerk" Trump for the jerk Donny really is. It's exactly what many others have been saying all along the way but now confirmed by the most entitled person to do it...Tony Schwartz, done in a very eloquent, professional way.
The first time I heard him was on Bill Maher's show and it was excellent.
every voter should see this interview
Every voter should see Clinton cash , talk about corruption
Seems CNN and MSNBC have both banned Stone for some reason,I wonder why?
Clinton cash is speculation. Stone admits he can't prove anything.
stretch54 LOL,Stone didn't write Clinton cash,he wrote CLINTON'S WAR ON WOMEN and every bit is provable!
Sorry. Mr. LOL...I can't keep up with all the people who make money in order to slander the Clintons.
this guy is my hero
Split screen with Republicans dancing to destroy the interview.
I find it astonishing that for any job even the most low-skill ones...past work experience, character references are essential and for c-suite roles majority of firms mandate a physiological assessment to ensure they don't recruit sociopaths...
but for the most powerful position in the world....none of the above is required lol
what the f8k
indeed ... great point , it indicates also how the system is corrupted or dysfunctional ... people are stay just blind and powerless.... we are so doomed...
Oh come on, He admitted in the first part of the article that he didn't like trump , never liked trump , and was wondering why Trump had chosen him. Schwartz was hired to watch him work, not watch his personal interactions. It's a book about making deals. Making money. You couldn't access him psychologically, because you're not a salesman. You don't know how sales men think. After following him around and realizing that a rich business man is a selfish business man ,you're shocked by it. Live and learn.
No matter your choice for President in Nov.
For those that want to be well informed.
This article is a must read!!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all
Quit making excuses for Trump's behavior. Clearly, he's a sociopath. It shows every time he speaks.
Trump, writing a book about how to make money, is just like every other person who is in love with money. In this they have only one thing on their minds: how to make more of it. Believe me (lol).
Very interesting interview. This is very telling indeed and more importantly very very very scary !!!!
I'm watching all the Trumpees sing and dance. Enjoy the last smiles folks. They'll be tears in November.
Finally!! a MAN shows up
A ghostwriter is not credited as an author (notice the lack of “author”
in the title)-but more than that, she or he is a “ghost” as far as
credit goes. Essentially, a ghostwriter does not normally receive any
credit for your book because when you hire a ghostwriter, the published
book is yours alone. While a coauthor is invested in the client’s vision and
in the book as his or her own creative project, a ghostwriter is
invested primarily in the client (that is, the author) and the client’s
satisfaction with regard to the manuscript. When you hire a ghostwriter,
the roles of author and writer are split. A ghostwriter will handle the
mundane work of stringing words together, while you maintain complete
authorship: controlling all final decisions about the ideas, tone, and
vision of the book.
Preach!!
Wow. I was struggling for a year to find a description of my Narcissist ex-boyfriend. Then I came up with the word "black hole". Now Tony Schwartz uses it! Not only that, his emotions about Trump (and lack of them) are exactly how I felt about my ex. So I agree with Schwartz's warning. Narcissists AREN'T CAPABLE OF JOY! And they don't know that love and self-sacrifice actually exist, they think it's a game that everyone plays. They really are like black holes. There's nobody inside.
if trump is so great why cant he write his own book?
hes a billionaire who doesnt have the time
warren used ghost writers too..
Nat metos "why cant he write his own book"?..... He is too busy bankrupting companies.
he's stupid and has the attention span of a gnat
trump has the capacity of a fourth grader,I mean come on listen to how he speaks.
It's funny hearing all this near the end of trump's second year in office. The economy is booming, peace might actually break out with NoKo, and unemployment is at an all-time low. At this point, I'd say that Trump has made all these people look like idiots.
Tony Schwartz is the man to listen to about Donald Trump. He's written his books as well as many others and he's also a self-help genius/god. If anyone can give an accurate assessment of Trump's character outside of Ivanka, it's him.
Tony Schwartz penned an article on the plight of seniors in one of Trumps buildings..which was noticed by Trump.
Within a week, a partnership was formed between Tony & Donald to write a book on Trumps business strategies.
With Trumps annual business activities into the billions...it was patently clear that this little project was an afterthought for Trump..nothing more.
Tony likely had a mandate to write the book and Trump would sign of on it with possibly a couple of "suggested" changes / additions.
It is a well know fact that Trump is virtually unavailable even to contractors doing hundreds of millions of dollars with him...so a book worth a couple of million to Trump almost certainly got Tony a full total of maybe 10 minutes a week..tops.
Tony then went on to make more money on this book than on anything else..several million dollars in fact.
He gladly took money from a guy who disgusted him...while fully exaggerating his relationship with Trump at every level.
Shameful..
those pre teenage yr photo's with daddy dearest look bad ivanka
KristaL Mac LeoD She'll make a good First Lady.
Nope! Trump 2016 & 2020
+Sean Cash
Your medications please.
Thank you Mr. Schwartz for confirming what a lot of us already know. Trump doesn't care about his supporters, they really believe he does and will save them, they are totally disillusioned. But as trump said "he loves the uneducated" they really make him feel n look smarter.
When he say's he's a sociopath, the follow up question should be, how? If he says he's a sociopath because he doesn't want Muslims here for example, that's just an ideological difference of opinion.
He spent eighteen months with him and wrote down all his secrets. That is different than just disagreeing with his ideology. A sociopath has no empathy for other humans. Does that not scare anyone, that someone with no empathy would be in charge of literally everything???
From his book, “The Art of the Deal”
“I play to people’s fantasies,” Trump explains. “. . . It’s a form of exaggeration - and a very effective form of promotion.” Perception is reality, he writes, and achieving an “aura” (a recurring word in his writings) around his ideas and himself is essential.
No, it is a manipulative ploy to create enough fear that uneducated & uninformed people will follow. When enough fear is achieved the creation of a common 'enemy', be it real or perceived, people will huddle together (Power in numbers)to follow whomever 'appears' to be able to lead, be it real or perceived, Control through fear is the most cost & collateral effective way to keep the masses under their thumb, Nero started it old Roman Catholic leaders perfected it & it has been practiced since
Wow, look at the faces in the crowd of people holding the "Make America Great Again" placards! Vapid beady eyes, sloped foreheads, dazed faces with glazed smiles. Clapping their hands like children the dimwitted downtrodden losers of American society praising an obvious madman. Folks, this is exactly how Chairman Mao, Joseph Stalin, Adolph Hitler and Pol Pot got their start. In each case the educated people underestimated the stupidity of their countrymen until it was too late and a psychopath ended up leading their country into horror.....
3:37 - Is that supposed to be dancing? LMAO
4:02. 5:23.(same guy different camera) 5:07. 6:00 lol (let's get a hot dog) 6:18 7:05
I think it's an older form of Hapkido.
LivingInVancouverBC LMAO!
How many different phrases does Trump know?
There's proof that he knows 'So sad' and 'Great'.
How many others?
Thank you sir. ! this is the real trump finally someone say the truth.
Good for Tony Schwartz to have the balls to stand up to Trump. Trump is awful human being
Couldnt even write his own book?how unsurprising..
A book he brags about constantly! He didn't write a single word of it
Yeah, that probably happens with most books by celebrities.
+Brainbuster Yes that is true but unlike Mr. Trump they don't lie and claim to write it themselves. Even with all evidence to the contrary, Mr. Trump holds on to his lies without any shame whatsoever. Of course you need to be capable of self reflection and nuance to have a concept of what shame is to even begin to feel shame. The Donald isn't capable of either.
+Brainbuster Yes that is true but unlike Mr. Trump they don't lie and claim to write it themselves. Even with all evidence to the contrary, Mr. Trump holds on to his lies without any shame whatsoever. Of course you need to be capable of self reflection and nuance to have a concept of what shame is to even begin to feel shame. The Donald isn't capable of either.
OMG you Trump haters ( envy anyone????) are more uneducated and stupid than I would ever have guessed before reading these posts. Arrested mental development probably.
Question Mr. Trump (if you dare). If he didn't write the book as you claim, WHY did you send him all that money in royalties that you want back, now that you claim he didn't write the book???
Another person that trump didn't pay.Go Hilary2016!
Get back into the woodwork Mr. Schwartz, you have reaped your reward from Mr. Trumps book & after all you were paid for the job. By the way, are you going to deliver on your promise to leave America as President Trump delivers on his promise to "making America great again"?
Folks -- this is frightening. It is horrifyingly reminiscent of the "future experience" Chris Walken had of "President Martin Sheen and the nuclear launch" in the movie Dead Zone. Only, this is neither a dream nor a movie.
Wow...One of my Favorite movies...and the TV show as well....and the correlation is serial.
Coincidentally, I just watched The Dead Zone (again) two days ago, and Trump immediately came to mind while taking in Martin Sheen's performance. "Frightening", and "horrifyingly reminiscent" did, too. Greg Stillson (Sheen's character) and Trump are made of the same "stuff": narcissistic, power hungry, and that charming trait of "telling it like it is", at the expense of insulting people. Thanks for pointing this out, Stan. (And couldn't you see Trump holding up that baby, too?) If there is a god, help us all.
stan klien---Yep you are for real and too many more of you. Yes, it's VERY scary.
Sorry, don't watch MSNBC much (except for Rachel), but good to have you back, Brian! I saw about 15 minutes of The Apprentice once (the ending of one of the shows) and that's exactly what I said about that 'man' way back then - he's got a black hole where his heart should be. This past year has been VERY hard for me to watch. So, I mostly read about it. Still upsets my stomach.
Thank you MNBC for at least trying to save the American public from biggest mistake in its history by allowing speakers to rise their voices about Donald Trump character. I do hope the you reach the undecided
Yeah. And HRC is the angel of light in your view. FOH.
Fools make of themselves making comments of people they don't know.
Ricanartist ??
Tony Schwartz said "full stop"! I've never heard an American say that before. We say it in Britain and in America instead they say 'period'.
haha, Tony Schwartz, Your Fired!!! He'll never write again.
@Kathryn Irby this was 4 years ago, I don't care.
Interesting how most of the media not paying attention to Tony Schwartz...what he has to say it's important.
boy everyone cashes in for 15 mins of fame
Trump : "People, I have an announcement to make. My people. Yes all of you out there." Tiny hand, equally tiny index finger pointing at the audience. "Are among the dumbest, stupidest people in our nation! The worst of the worst! Believe me! The worst!"
Trump followers : "Yes!!!," they all stand up, hands reach for the sky. "We love you Heir Trump!!! Cheers, loud whistles, thunderous clapping, tears of joy falling. "Trump 2016!!!" Bodies jumping up and down, cages rattling."
That, my fellow human beings, is an accurate description of the Trump campaign.
This guy is my new hero!
I find it REALLY creepy that there's country music playing under the talking. Subliminal ideas going on? attempt to pull the right to the left?
It isn't smart for MSNBC to be showing footage of the convention while interviewing Tony Schwartz. It is distracting. Film action will always take the attention away from talking heads.That's why, in commercials, the action of characters always gets more interesting when the small print comes on the screen.
That alone says it all. This guy knows Trump well.
Interesting how Bill Barr has basically become his personal lawyer. Schwartz had Trump down to a tee.
Trump does not want you to see this.
Thank you for speaking up.
I would say that the royalty check are an admission that Tony Schwartz was the writer.
i met tony; he is a good guy. he gets no credit, multi talent. people like Jose will not accept and will always hate.
Donald Trump ends human civilization as President of the US after someone makes fun of the size of his hands.
07:55 This is indeed the saddest, sickest part of the Trump cult of personality. I pity those poor saps, and anybody else who swears unconditional loyalty to ANY public figure. That's the mentality of a sycophant, and fundamentally unpatriotic.
A lot of bad dancing at the RNC in 2016. It shows how “white” that place was.
I have a feeling nobody will use this Ghostwriter any more. I know I wouldn't.
Actually, I bought this book some time ago, long before Trump became the lunatic that we see now running for the presidency. If I would have known before what Trump would become, I never would have bought it. Schwartz just states what we all know at this point.
It's an indictment of our society that such a person is a wealthy man and is still taken seriously. He is there because of us. We're all responsible for Donald Trump.
Donald hasn't written any of his books. He probably has a problem writing a coherent sentence! OOPs this is a guy who actually knows Trump and he says Donald has no soul! Bam!
That's just as scary as having Palin in the White House ... but the people woke up, at last. Hope they don't sleep through this time around.
The ghost writer is the one who grammarizes the book, he is not the author. he does not have the concepts discussed, he simply looks at what Trump put out in his own words, and rewords them to flow better. He is not the author. He is a grammarizer only. He is an editor so to speak.
How is he a ghostwriter if his name is on the front of the book right next to Trumps?
Umm... it sure sounds like Tony Schwartz could be talking about any politician when he starts to go through his list of negatives.
So wait a minute... what exactly did Trump do? I didn't hear anything worth condemning him over. Let's consider the charges-
He has no attention span- someone who can stand at a podium and give anything more than a ten minute speech, clearly has an attention span. I have seen many interviews where Trump sits and answers questions, and stays engaged with the interviewer. So that claim is false.
There was also criticism of "Trumps character" sans any definition of "character", or any examples of poor character, bad character, good character... anything. So that claim is false.
I'm going to get flak I'll take it but look at the people dancing, they are the people who will vote for him, they won't bend in their apparent loyalty to trump and what he has to say about others. Was his Trump University simple a way for his wife to finish school get the degrees she claims to have which are myths like so much of his bs. He has said so much a lot of it very tasteless and very untrue other than it is how he genuinely thinks believes, after someone keeps saying something no matter how crazy it appears no matter how much you say well he didn't actually say that or he doesn't really mean that. I hope you wake up soon and that not too much damage has been done to your remaining faith in mankind. Or has that led you to trump in the first place
How can this man not know about PT Barnum? There is no good or bad publicity, there's just publicity. Trump's not alone in using this this tactic, not even close to being the first. Countless celebrities do it every day, and have been for a long time.
Wow. Did Hilary Clinton call this guy to speak at the DNC? That would be awful for republicans. Hope they don't ask this guy to speak at the DNC. Yikes!
On Trump's Conduct:
"Odds are that while the country is dissatisfied politically there is still a majority in favor of simple decency.
If there isn't, being president won't be worthwhile -- and neither will being an American."
-- Journal Inquirer -- Manchester, CT
Americans should listen to that interview.
Trump's attention span is a perfect explanation for why he is so enamored with tweeting.
Isn't it verifiable that who actually wrote the book? wouldn't there be documents, payments, transactions that can be produced? Why would Donald Trump even attempt to lie about that? If he's willing to lie even about this without any disregard, what else would he lie about? anything and everything?
The attention span issue would explain his jumping from one statement to another statement that completely negates the previous.
"I am not certain that Donald Trump read every word, but i am certain that I wrote every word"......Lol
If you choose to hire a writer as a coauthor, the resulting book will
only be partially yours. A coauthor can help you write and publish a
book, but that book will be based partly on your vision and partly on
hers or his. A coauthor is not just a writer-she or he is also an
author.
On the other hand, a ghostwriter is the writer but not the
author of your book. Writing is an art, but it is also a craft. A
ghostwriter, like any other craftsperson you could hire, is concerned
with satisfying your vision for the end product as completely as
possible.
He's got nuts cause for sure Trump is gonna sue him.
How much money did MSNBC line his pockets with to say this?
Why tf didn't hillary bring this up at the debates...
impossible to interview him because he is a busy man, not because he is not focused.
*Please* send Dr Gabor Mate to the White House quickly - he knows all about processing childhood trauma, and could lead the President and family in an Ayahuasca intervention..