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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@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 week 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.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 35 points 1 week 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.

[–] crusa187@lemmy.ml 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, Homer is believed to have been blind.

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

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 23 points 1 week 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.

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago

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

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago

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

You know, this super successful and beloved hotel

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Was ot auto pen?

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

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