5 pages from 'The Art of the Deal' that explain exactly what Trump's doing

Oh wow, now it makes sense why he's doing things this way.
 By  Max Knoblauch and Tyler Schmall  on 
5 pages from 'The Art of the Deal' that explain exactly what Trump's doing
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President Trump has called his 1987 book, The Art of The Deal, the best selling business book of all time. Unsurprisingly, that is not true.

What is true, however, is that the book (that POTUS did not himself write) could give readers a better idea of how Trump thinks and where his ideas come from.

As it so happens, we recently took a look through the book and did in fact discover some things that explain why Trump is doing what he's doing.

These incredibly real pages will blow you away, make you question your judgment, and have you asking, "Wait, so he wanted to be bad at this?"

Take a look at 5 of the shocking excerpts below.

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Max Knoblauch is the Assistant Humor Editor in the NYC office. He is a journalist, comedian and illustrator. More humor and art by Max can be found on his website.Follow him @MaxKnoblauch

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