Here are Donald J. Trump’s core principles, published in 1987. He actually lives this way. You are seeing it it action during this campaign.
1. Think Big
2. Protect the Downside and the Upside Will Take Care of Itself
3. Maximize Your Options
4. Know Your Market
5. Use Your Leverage
6. Enhance Your Location
7. Get the Word Out
8. Fight Back
9, Deliver the Goods
10. Contain the Costs
11. Have Fun
Now, if any of the Consistent Conservatives had applied even part of this over the past 30 years the country would not be in the shape it is in today. Instead Consistent Conservatives have stood, marched, and yammered for “family values”, “small government”, “lower taxes”, etc., all while just the opposite happened, over and over again. One betrayal of principle after another.
Here is what Donald J. Trump says at the end of The Art of the Deal:
What’s Next
Fortunately, I don’t know the answer, because if I did, that would take half the fun out of it.
This much I do know: it won’t be the same.
I’ve spent the first twenty years of my working life building, accumulating, and accomplishing things that many said could not be done. The biggest challenge I see over the next twenty years is to figure out some creative ways to give back some of what I’ve gotten.
I don’t just mean money, although that’s part of it. It’s easy to be generous when you’ve got a lot, and anyone who does, should be. But what I admire most are people who put themselves directly on the line. I’ve never been terribly interested in why people give, because their motivation is rarely what it seems to be, and it’s almost never pure altruism. To me, what matters is the doing, and giving time is far more valuable than just giving money.
In my life, there are two things I’ve found I’m very good at: overcoming obstacles and motivating good people to do their best work. One of the challenges ahead is how to use those skills as successfully in the service of others as I’ve done, up to now, on my own behalf.
Don’t get me wrong. I also plan to keep making deals, big deals, and right around the clock.
Trump, Donald J.; Schwartz, Tony (2009-12-18). Trump: The Art of the Deal (Kindle Locations 4246-4252). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Thanks for posting that.
Anyone who has read “The Art of the Deal” has a much better understanding of who the man is. He wrote it in 1987, well before he seriously even considered running for the Presidency. He has been consistent in all of his views that are important. Only people who look at him in a superficial way could say otherwise.
BTW, I say this as someone who grew up in the Northeast, and who viewed Trump as not much better than a self-centered clown until last year. However, I am the kind of person who likes to do research, to study and consider things before making important decisions. Reading his book - particularly because it was written so long ago (so that it would filter out present motivations) was an important part of doing that. I now view him as an unabashed patriot, the grandson of immigrants (like me), who understands that the country his grandparents came to, and his parents prospered in, no longer exists - and he wants to re-create it for all of the best reasons.
I look forward to this primary race being over, to the smoothing over of the ruffled feathers over the next few months, and to a united Republican Party massively defeating the corrupt Leftist, Clinton.