Money and grotesque flattery: The art of doing a deal with Donald Trump is to make sure there is an ‘upside’ for him

Donald Trump boasts that he is the king of dealmakers. His 1987 ghostwritten bestseller, The Art Of The Deal, turned the New York City nepo babe into a national figure. This in turn, led to him playing the boss in the TV show The Apprentice, and that became his calling card to becoming the president of the United States twice. That, at least, is the view of men who bitterly regret giving Trump his leg-ups to the top. Tony Schwartz, the author who actually wrote The Art Of The Deal, now says it should have been called ‘The Sociopath’. After…