The US thought that if Europe increased its military budgets they would buy American. They were wrong.

@ArtieKat
Six to be exact, but who's counting?

@ArtieKat
A common misperception about DJ Trump is that he is the brainchild behind Trump Corp, a misunderstanding that most Americans have about the guy who they 'think' is capable of running the US government like a business venture because of his perceived experience in business matters.

@swirlie I read, in the last couple of days, that he made no contribution to his bible "The Art Of The Deal" - Tony Schwartz, credited as the co-writer, was rather scathing about Donald Chump. 🤣

@ArtieKat
This is correct, except Tony Schwartz made that same assertion back in 2016 when Trump was first running for President.

The biggest issue Tony had with writing "The Art of the Deal" back in 1989 was the fact that he was writing a biography about someone who was sitting in front of him who had been suffering from ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) since he was a kid in high school.

What this meant was, Tony couldn't hold Trump's attention for more than 30 seconds at a time when writing the book to actually get any useful information from Trump himself, which means that Tony had to make up a story about Donald and his fictitious business life while making it appear that Donald was the brainchild behind Trump Corp.

Tony admits that The Art of the Deal is a total fabrication of fact which he himself conjured in his own mind for Trump's benefit, an act of deception that Tony regrets involvement with to this very day.