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Throughout his presidential campaign, Donald Trump has waved around his book, The Art of the Deal, to bolster his image as a smooth negotiator and skilled leader.
Now, Tony Schwartz—the man who says he actually wrote the book and is listed as its coauthor—is publicly expressing remorse for promoting the image of a man he describes as a “sociopath.”
“I put lipstick on a pig,” he told Jane Mayer, writing for The New Yorker. “I feel a deep sense of remorse that I contributed to presenting Trump in a way that brought him wider attention and made him more appealing than he is."
Schwartz continued: “I genuinely believe that if Trump wins and gets the nuclear codes there is an excellent possibility it will lead to the end of civilization.”
Separately, Schwartz told Good Morning America on Monday, “You know, it’s a terrifying thing. I haven’t slept a night through since Donald Trump announced for president because I believe he is so insecure, so easily provoked and not—not particularly—nearly as smart as people might imagine he is.”
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With the exception of JFK the president doesn't really control the nuclear football, and JFK was made an example. The joints chiefs will take over if a president gets close because Russia is not a provocative threat and the chiefs know that. They got burned by Bush in Iraq and have no tolerance for fictional propaganda wars as shown when they stopped Obama from bombing Syria.
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