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To: 5thGenTexan

The things that Donald Trump has promised to do, will be the things that he will do. So building the wall will not become meaningless. Have you read “The Art of the Deal”? If you have you have forgotten the “Trump Cards”. One of which is: Deliver the Goods

You can’t con people, at least not for long. You can create excitement, you can do wonderful promotion and get all kinds of press, and you can throw in a little hyperbole. But if you don’t deliver the goods, people will eventually catch on.

I think of Jimmy Carter. After he lost the election to Ronald Reagan, Carter came to see me in my office. He told me he was seeking contributions to the Jimmy Carter Library. I asked how much he had in mind. And he said, “Donald, I would be very appreciative if you contributed five million dollars.”

I was dumbfounded. I didn’t even answer him.

But that experience also taught me something. Until then, I’d never understood how Jimmy Carter became president. The answer is that as poorly qualified as he was for the job, Jimmy Carter had the nerve, the guts, the balls, to ask for something extraordinary. That ability above all helped him get elected president. But then, of course, the American people caught on pretty quickly that Carter couldn’t do the job, and he lost in a landslide when he ran for reelection.

Trump, Donald J.; Schwartz, Tony (2009-12-18). Trump: The Art of the Deal (Kindle Locations 784-788). Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.


40 posted on 02/05/2016 1:01:04 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR!)
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To: SubMareener
Along with "deliver the goods" there is:

Any of those quotes concern you? Do you believe he is not using his own Art of the Deal tatics on you, but he will on everyone else?

47 posted on 02/05/2016 1:15:05 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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