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A former Trump Organization executive vice president says Trump ‘could be a better negotiator if his ego didn’t get in the way’

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A former Trump Organization executive vice president says Trump ‘could be a better negotiator if his ego didn’t get in the way’
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Trump Tower had just opened and “The Art of the Deal” three years from publication when 38-year-old Donald Trumpsuggested he could negotiate Russian arms control better than Ronald Reagan.



“It would take an hour-and-a-half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles,” Trump told The Washington Post in 1984. It was all about dealmaking prowess. “You either have it, or you don’t,” he said.



Before there was much talk of being a personal brand, Trump had landed on his: the

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