DONALD ON DONALD: “Most people think small, because most people are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning. And that gives people like me a great advantage.”
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, “The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987
DONALD ON DONALD: “I play to people’s fantasies. People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do. That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts. People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular.”
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, “The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987
DONALDISM: “I’ve always felt that a lot of modern art is a con, and that the most successful painters are often better salesmen and promoters than they are artists.”
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, “The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987
MEDIA: “One thing I’ve learned about the press is that they’re always hungry for a good story, and the more sensational the better. … The point is that if you are a little different, or a little outrageous, or if you do things that are bold or controversial, the press is going to write about you.”
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, “The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987
DONALD ON DONALD: “I can’t stand small talk.”
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, “The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987
DONALDISM: “You’re generally better off sticking with what you know.”
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz,”The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987
DONALDISM: “Sometimes—not often, but sometimes—less is more.”
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, “The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987,
POLITICAL FIGURES/RONALD REAGAN: “Ronald Reagan … is so smooth and so effective a performer that he completely won over the American people. Only now, nearly seven years later, are people beginning to question whether there’s anything beneath that smile.”
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, “The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, “The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987
BUSINESS/DONALD ON DONALD: “I think of it almost as a controlled neurosis, which is a quality I’ve noticed in many highly successful entrepreneurs. They’re obsessive, they’re driven, they’re single-minded and sometimes they’re almost maniacal, but it’s all channeled into their work. … I don’t say this trait leads to a happier life, or a better life, but it’s great when it comes to getting what you want.”
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, “The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987
DONALD ON DONALD: “I prefer to come to work each day and just see what develops.”
– Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz, “The Art of the Deal,” Nov. 12, 1987
DONALD ON DONALD/POLITICS: “I have no intention of running for president.”
– Donald Trump, TIME Magazine, Sept. 14, 1987
DONALD ON DONALD: “I don’t even consider myself ambitious.”
– Donald Trump, “60 Minutes,” Nov. 17, 1985
DONALD ON DONALD: “I believe [the media] like making me out to be something more sinister than I really am.”
– Donald Trump, “60 Minutes,” Nov. 17, 1985
DONALD ON DONALD: “When I think I’m right, nothing bothers me.”
– Donald Trump, “60 Minutes,” Nov. 17, 1985
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “1983-85. Bannon got his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. [June 6, 1985]”
– Abigall Abrams, “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017
DONALDISM: “Let people know what you’ve done. What good is it if no one knows about it? You’ve gotta be a promoter.”
– Tony Schwartz, “The Show Must Go Up,” New York Magazine, Dec. 24, 1984
DONALD ON DONALD/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “It would take an hour and a half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles. … I think I know most of it anyway.”
– Lois Romano, “Donald Trump, Holding All The Cards The Tower! The Team! The Money! The Future!,” The Washington Post, Nov. 15, 1984
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “What does it all mean when some wacko over in Syria can end the world with nuclear weapons?”
– Donald Trump, The New York Times, April 8, 1984
BUSINESS/DONALDISM: “I know how to sell. Selling is life. You can have the greatest singer in the world, but if nobody knows who he is, he’ll never have the opportunity to sing.”
– Donald Trump, Sports Illustrated, Feb. 13, 1984
DONALD ON DONALD: “I don’t like to lose.”
– Donald Trump, The New York Times, Aug. 7, 1983
TRUMP FAMILY: “Not many sons have been able to escape their fathers.”
– Donald Trump, New York Times, Aug. 7, 1983
DONALD ON DONALD: “I don’t like to lose.”
– Marylin Bender, “The Empire and Ego of Donald Trump,” The New York Times, Aug. 7, 1983
DONALDISM: “I look at things for the art sake and the beauty sake and for the deal sake.”
-John Taylor, “Trump’s Newest Toy,” New York Magazine, Feb. 11, 1983
DONALDISM/WEALTH: “Let me tell you something about the rich. They have a very low threshold for pain.”
– John Taylor, “Trump’s Newest Toy,” New York Magazine, Feb. 11, 1983
TRUMP BUSINESS: “I really value my reputation and I don’t hesitate to sue.”
– Donald Trump, The Village Voice, Jan 15, 1979
DONALD ON DONALD: “I really value my reputation and I don’t hesitate to sue.”
– Wayne Barrett and Jon Campbell, “How a Young Donald Trump Forced His Way From Avenue Z to Manhattan,” The Village Voice, Jan. 15, 1979
MARRIAGE/TRUMP FAMILY: Married Ivana Zelnickova Winklmayr on April 9, 1977.
– IMDB, IMDB.com, April 9, 1977
– Abigall Abrams,”The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017,
DONALD ON DONALD: “What do people say about me? Do they say I’m loyal? Do they say I work hard?”
-Donald Trump, The Village Voice, Jan. 15, 1979,
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “1953 [November 27]. Born into an Irish-Catholic family, Bannon grew up near a naval base in Virginia.”
– “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017, Abigall Abrams, 11/27/1953
TRUMP FAMILY: Donald Trump born June 14, 1946
– biography.com Editors, “Donald Trump Biography,” last updated November 18, 2016
ABRAHAM LINCOLN/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY: “I regard our immigrants as one of the principal replenishing streams which are appointed by Providence to repair the ravages of internal war and its wastes of national strength and health.”
– “Fourth Annual Message” The American Presidency Project, Dec. 6, 1864, Abraham Lincoln, Transcript, 12/6/1864
ALEXANDER HAMILTON/IMMIGRATION/NATIONAL SECURITY: “Foreign influence is truly the Grecian Horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its entrance.”
– “Pacificus No. 6,” The Pacificus-Helvidius Debates of 1793-1794, July 14, 1793, Alexander Hamilton, 7/14/1793