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Available for the first time in a decade-the book that launched a $5 billion lawsuit--with a new introduction by the author in which O'Brien reflects on the recent wave of TrumpMania.

This entertaining look inside the world of Donald Trump is chock full of rip-roaring anecdotes, jaw-dropping quotes, and rigorous research into the business deals, political antics, curious relationships, and complex background of the leading Republican presidential candidate.

The world of Donald Trump is seemingly full of glitz and glamour. Yet despite glaring cracks in the shimmering fa?àövüade, the myth of the man has remained impenetrable to a fascinated public. Through interviews with Trump's closest friends-and with Trump himself-award-winning journalist and author Timothy L. O'Brien presents a look inside the life of one of the world's most famous businessmen, pulling back the curtain on the wizard of hype known as The Donald. Prepare to enter...

Trump Nation

This "myth-busting biography" (Kirkus Reviews) is the only argument you need against making America a TrumpNation, providing all the necessary details to "separate Trump the reality from Trump the reality show" (USA Today.)

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"Dishes it...titillating...a revealing attempt to separate Trump the reality from Trump the reality show."
―USA Today

"Highly entertaining." ―The New York Times

"Never having met O'Brien...I don't presume to know whether he's having fun yet. But I doubt that I'm alone among members of the Fourth Estate in experiencing a twinge of envy." ―New Yorker

"At the start of his career in hype and carnival barking, the press fawned over Trump; he made great copy. It's refreshing that reality has finally crept into the coverage." ―Village Voice

"An engrossing romp...hilarious...peppered with wit and irony...the perfect base to Trump's acidic persona...an instructive tongue-in-cheek primer for would-be Trumps." ―Publishers Weekly

"Sarcastic at times, hilarious and irreverent at others, the book demystifies the star of The Apprentice as the poor man's rich man and portrays him as a potty-mouthed P. T. Barnum with a bad comb-over." ―Palm Beach Post

"Entertaining...gets down and dirty...a myth-busting biography."
―Kirkus Reviews

"Somewhere there is another country, far beyond the pale, known as Bad Taste, and Trump has devoted his life to racing through it and staking as many private claims as possible, pausing only to yodel back to the homeland songs of himself." ― Michael Lewis, author of Liar's Poker and Moneyball

About the Author

Timothy L. O'Brien is an award-winning author and journalist with more than 20 years of experience at leading media enterprises, including Bloomberg LP, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and HuffPost.

He's currently the executive editor of Bloomberg LP's two premier public policy, politics and business commentary platforms: View and Gadfly. O'Brien edited a series on wounded war veterans that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2012. He's also the recipient of a 1999 Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism and is the author of three books. He was a reporter and a senior editor at The New York Times, where he oversaw the Sunday Business section and helped lead a team of reporters that was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Public Service for a series of articles about the 2008 financial crisis. The same series received a Loeb Award in 2009.

O'Brien is the author of two non-fiction books -- TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald and Bad Bet: The Inside Story of the Glamour, Glitz and Danger of America's Gambling Industry. He is also the author of an historical novel, The Lincoln Conspiracy. Donald Trump sued O'Brien for libel in 2006. Trump lost.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 2007
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 313 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 044669617X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0446696173
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.79 x 9 inches

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Customers find the book well-written and informative, with one review noting how it tells the story with facts and data. Moreover, the book provides an interesting history of Trump's business career and offers a good portrait of his personality. However, the biography receives mixed reactions, with one customer describing it as a loose biography.

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"Extremely well written! Entertaining and enjoyable! I decided to buy the book after listening to the author on MSNBC...." Read more

"...As far as biographies go, it's a fairly breezy read and I knocked it out aboard an airplane in about three hours...." Read more

"...Goes behind the scenes of years of Trumps business dealings. A well written, entertaining book. Comical in some parts...." Read more

"I would not recommend this book. The writing is terrible and very superficial. As a life-long New Yorker...." Read more

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Customers find the book insightful and well-researched, with one customer noting how it provides facts and data, while another highlights its detailed coverage of business operations.

"...I wasn't disappointed! He tells the story with facts and data through the sweep and color of the 80's, through the 90's and up to 2005...." Read more

"...Deal_, and many of the details (and some not so detailed facts) are pertinent; the book also cites sources meticulously...." Read more

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"Extremely well written! Entertaining and enjoyable! I decided to buy the book after listening to the author on MSNBC...." Read more

"...A well written, entertaining book. Comical in some parts. Exposes years of Trumps business dealings. Very easy read...." Read more

"...the subjects autobiographical books in the past, so this book is an interesting counterpart...." Read more

"Excellent book! Anyone that has followed Trump's exploits in business knows the truth about this charlatan...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's historical content, with one customer noting how it provides factual context and another highlighting its detailed coverage of Trump's business dealings.

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"...Comical in some parts. Exposes years of Trumps business dealings. Very easy read...." Read more

"...Not a biography. Sort of a running interview, interspersed with factual context. That's important because Trump isn't big on facts...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's portrayal of Trump, finding it personable and well-balanced, with one customer noting how it captures the Donald's aura.

"...He is TRULY a character. The author takes a balanced look at nearly all the major projects Donald mentioned in _The Art of the Deal_, and many of..." Read more

"...obsessed with himself, eternally craving the spotlight, yet the nicest guy in person, the perfect host, charming and engaging...." Read more

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"Excellent book. It's not mean, just an honest look at Donald Trump. Not a biography. Sort of a running interview, interspersed with factual context...." Read more

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"...but I gave it away. Too many details of him whom I can't stand to begin with. My personal issue. Book itself excellent." Read more

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Patrick J. Parrelli
A Must Read if you want to Understand Trump!
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2017
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Extremely well written! Entertaining and enjoyable! I decided to buy the book after listening to the author on MSNBC. I felt he had a good insight into Trump. I wasn't disappointed! He tells the story with facts and data through the sweep and color of the 80's, through the 90's and up to 2005. What I thought about Trump was heightened in both directions; positive and negative. His creativity and vision as a builder was "amazing." But then his mismanagement combined with an out of control personal life puts him on the edge of financial destruction, Yet he manages to climb back from that through his "unbelievable" capabilities for self promotion. He is unique and brilliant at this. The problem is that the next thing that he says is solely for his self-promotion and self preservation. Doesn't have to be the truth! Doesn't have to be a lie! It's all about him. It's a disaster for Trump to be our president. You can't trust what he's saying. He could destroy our country and not even realizing he's doing it!

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Anon
The essential reading companion to _The Art of the Deal_
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2007
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I rate this book as 3½ stars.

After I heard Donald Trump was suing the publisher of this book for 5 BILLION dollars, I knew I just had to read it. Perhaps that was all part of Donald's plan, but I fell for it, and I'm glad I did.

I've been a big fan of Donald Trump ever since I just happened to stumble upon one of his books (I got it for free in a real estate seminar). I had a great appreciation of his business talents and, after reading what Donald had to say about himself instead of what the press had to say about him, I appreciated his attitude. This book changed that.

This book changed my opinion of Trump, but neither in a positive nor negative way. Surely, this book lays out a very convincing case for Donald's net worth or business prowess to be nothing near as much as he claims. But it also gives a dimension of personality which never really came through in his own works.

The stories covered and quotes are excellent - especially from Donald himself. He is TRULY a character. The author takes a balanced look at nearly all the major projects Donald mentioned in _The Art of the Deal_, and many of the details (and some not so detailed facts) are pertinent; the book also cites sources meticulously. Did you know Donald went over budget $50 million on The Plaza Hotel and had to be bailed out by his dad - what ever happened to television city - was it really smart to take on the city officials and say "this city is a cesspool of corruption and incompetence" while Donald was asking them for a ¾ billion dollar tax break?

Not that the look at Trump is really "bad". His personality really shines in this book. For a rich guy, he is really anti-establishment, a cheapskate, and is very personable. You get a real feel for what he's really like. After reading this book, maybe I wouldn't want to follow his business advice blindly, but I'm more likely to want to sit down and have a beer with the guy - he sounds fun. To say Trump is a BS artist is like declaring the sky is blue - I always knew his projects were spun with his own opinions, so it's good to see a different viewpoint on his familiar projects.

So why only 3½ stars? Because, despite the fact that the content of the story is great, the book is terribly written. For the author's sake, I hope there was a rush to publish because of the aforementioned lawsuit, because this has all of the organizational and journalistic talent of a high-school cheerleader writing a business memo. There's no organization, no structure, and bad jokes all over - luckily, the content of the book outweighs this otherwise unreadable mess.

Bottom line is that if you've enjoyed Trump's past books, reading this book will give you a non-spin version of his business deals - and really introduce you to the man himself.

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I am not a supporter of Trump although I find him occasionally amusing fodder for otherwise dull political coverage
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2016
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I bought this book upon reading a profile piece on the subject matter in the New Yorker that contained a reference to this book. Overall, I found it informative and fairly well-researched. In the interest of full disclosure, I am not a supporter of Trump although I find him occasionally amusing fodder for otherwise dull political coverage. As far as biographies go, it's a fairly breezy read and I knocked it out aboard an airplane in about three hours. The early life stuff about Trump is fairly thin in favor of covering many of his well-publicized exploits as he rose to prominence. Some of the details about Trump's earliest business forays are the most interesting and provide excellent detail, including interviews by the subject. The author also keeps checklists at the end of each chapter that serve to poke fun at Trump. Much of this information you will probably be able to find in articles being published by the New Yorker, the WSJ, Barron's and many other publications but at least this provides one stop shopping.

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Donald Trump epitomizes the saying "All Hat and No Cattle" !!!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2016
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His claim of being a billionaire is a work of fiction. Goes behind the scenes of years of Trumps business dealings.
A well written, entertaining book. Comical in some parts. Exposes years of Trumps business dealings. Very easy read.

If I put a 5% down payment on ten, one hundred million dollar properties, would that make me worth one billion dollars?

He forgets to back out the money he owes the banks.

He sued the author and lost . The American people should read this book to see who we have elected President.

If people ( and his other Republican nominees had bothered to read this book he may not have been given the job of President. Too bad people only have time to watch should bites on Fox news.

Everything is borrowed. He

You'll understand why he could never release his tax returns.

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Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2016
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An immensely insightful and thought-provoking book. I have read several of the subjects autobiographical books in the past, so this book is an interesting counterpart. Initially this book written originally before his last historic run for the presidency (with a forward written just as his campaign began), based on the author's extensive interviews with the man himself. This book clearly shows that the personality and actions he demonstrated in the last two years were no aberration but are a part of who he fundamentally is. This book is written for the reader who wants to know more about the real man, in terms of his business dealings, and the careful formulation of the public image of this man, even though this image and reality may not be the same thing. As a warning, those who strongly favor him, should look elsewhere to find something more complimentary.

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Audrina
A must read... all Trump never wanted people to know!
Reviewed in Canada on October 12, 2017
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Wow! Eye-opening! What a con man!
His father and siblings bailed him out multiple times through the 1980's, 1990's, and by 2005? He was dead broke. No wonder he didn't want to show his tax returns. He has only dealt with mobsters and crooks. He was never a billionaire. He was worth nothing, assets vs. debts, until "The Apprentice" saved him from losing everything he had. Then, his attempts to keep himself in the news constantly, while condemning the media. Don't buy it. He lives for the media. He lives for constant attention - good and bad, as long as his name is constantly mentioned. He is quite mentally ill. A pathological liar. No conscience whatsoever. A confirmed racist.
He tried to sue the author over the writing of this book, for 5 billion. It was thrown out of court by the judge. Lots more. Very insightful book. Well researched. This is like a truthful continuation of "The Art of the Deal." I recommend it highly. I can't put it down!

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Somewhat unstructured and at times repetitive
Reviewed in Germany on March 20, 2017
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I found this book difficult to read. The author tends to ramble on, goes back and forth in time in a section and I often forgot where his starting point had been. As to the information provided would consider it reliable (many sources listed). I think he likes hos own words a bit too much. There is much information in this book, it is, however, sometimes difficult to extract (out of the many words in a sentence/section)

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Mr. Scott Hetherington
God help us all
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 21, 2016
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Sometimes critical of Trump, sometimes in awe of him, this book is not the tell-all I was hoping for, but it is nonetheless a fascinating insight into America's next (and possibly last) President.From a young man in the shadow of his father to a reality show superstar, this details every move along the Trump career path, including his inability to make money from a casino his "non-fiction works of fiction" books, and his dreadful taste in what constitutes a "theme", as well as showing the human, likeable side. Read this book while you still can....

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Trump the Chump
Reviewed in Canada on November 9, 2016
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An eye-opening exposee of this narcissistic man-child.

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The book portrays the person he really is. He is the kind of person you love him or you hate him.
Reviewed in Canada on January 18, 2017
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The book presents an interesting side to that man.it shows how egotism ally one man can be.read it everyone.thanks for the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read if you want to Understand Trump!

4.0 out of 5 stars The essential reading companion to _The Art of the Deal_

3.0 out of 5 stars I am not a supporter of Trump although I find him occasionally amusing fodder for otherwise dull political coverage

5.0 out of 5 stars Donald Trump epitomizes the saying "All Hat and No Cattle" !!!!

4.0 out of 5 stars The man behind the public image

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5.0 out of 5 stars A must read... all Trump never wanted people to know!

2.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat unstructured and at times repetitive

4.0 out of 5 stars God help us all

4.0 out of 5 stars Trump the Chump

3.0 out of 5 stars The book portrays the person he really is. He is the kind of person you love him or you hate him.

A Must Read if you want to Understand Trump!

The essential reading companion to _The Art of the Deal_

I am not a supporter of Trump although I find him occasionally amusing fodder for otherwise dull political coverage

Donald Trump epitomizes the saying "All Hat and No Cattle" !!!!

The man behind the public image

A must read... all Trump never wanted people to know!

Somewhat unstructured and at times repetitive

God help us all

Trump the Chump

The book portrays the person he really is. He is the kind of person you love him or you hate him.