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From Wikipedia:

Schwartz called ghost-writing the book his "greatest regret in life, without question," and both he and the book's publisher, Howard Kaminsky, alleged that Trump had played no role in its writing.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea 56 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well yeah, the only famous people that actually writes their own books are authors. If someone is famous for any other reason, they probably hired a ghost writer.

[–] taladar 23 points 4 weeks ago

There are a few politicians who wrote their own (e.g. Churchill) but usually there is some sort of agenda involved in terms of how they want the world to see them.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 weeks ago

The funny thing is that Trump gave the store away to his ghost writer. Tony Schwartz got full co-author credit and half the profits, an unheard of deal for a celeb book.

Schwartz has spent all the time since telling the world what a terrible person Trump was and is.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Usually one needs to be able to read before they can successfully write. Trump does neither.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, Homer is believed to have been blind.

[–] agamemnonymous 3 points 3 weeks ago

And his works were oral, so technically not a writer.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Isn't it widely known that he didn't write the book.

Even back when this book was published he'd already had many failed businesses so it was fairly obvious that he wasn't the shrewd business person he claimed to be.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

No rich person ever writes their own books. It was always obvious

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't know that but i kinda assumed the book was bullshit since it had his name on it

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 weeks ago

They can redeem themselves by writing Trump 2 The Art of the Moron.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago

There's a chapter on how he built a hotel in there

You know, this super successful and beloved hotel

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago

Was ot auto pen?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe the real art of the deal was the sexual harassment cases we settled along the way.