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Yes. Trump is al those things you said and more. He is also extremely disciplined and patient. That part surprised some people. Not me. I knew he was a careful businessman.

“Yes. Trump is al those things you said and more. He is also extremely disciplined and patient. That part surprised some people. Not me. I knew he was a careful businessman.”

“Trump is a great negotiator and much smarter, than many people think.”

If you want the measure of a person, take politics out of it and look at something of substance that they did.

Donald Trump graduated from the Wharton School of Business at U Penn (Ivy League, folks) - that’s one of the 2 or 3 best business schools in the nation. He went there because it was the only Ivy League B School to have a real estate program at the time. They don’t give away admissions there, not even for rich folks.

When he graduated, Trump’s father loaned him $1 million - which he was expected to repay. Well, he did just that and more, and was off to the races. He studied the NYC real estate market extensively by walking the streets (among other things), and entered the commercial market (which his father didn’t know much about or like). He turned that $1 million loan into a multi-billion dollar fortune BEFORE his father died in the late ‘90s (and left him money/assets).

Bad news for those that don’t like Trump - stupid, impatient and undisciplined people do NOT turn a $1 million loan into a multi-billion dollar fortune in 30 or so years. Those who don’t like him are up against a very, very smart operator - someone who is accustomed to doing as he says he’s going to do (because liars don’t go very far in business), and who does things pretty quickly if he can get his chess pieces lined up the right way. Oh, and he doesn’t sleep much, and doesn’t go on vacations - so he’s busy planning how to best outsmart opponents while those opponents are literally sleeping. He is the Swamp’s worst nightmare...and the fondest dream of anyone who hates the Swamp.

I’d highly recommend reading “The Art of the Deal” - borrow it from the library if you don’t want to spend the money. It is his story from his POV about 30 years ago. You’ll get a truer picture of him from that than any other source, IMHO.

"Trump is al those things you said and more. He is also extremely disciplined and patient. That part surprised some people. Not me. I knew he was a careful businessman."

Agreed. It's obvious to anyone who read his book. Most of his deals took years to put in place.