Trump Is in Meltdown and in 'Pure Terror That He Is Going to Lose,' Says 'Art Of The Deal' Co-Writer Tony Schwartz
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The co-author of Donald Trumpās best-selling business guide and memoir The Art Of The Deal announced the president is undergoing a āsignificant meltdownā in a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper.
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āI think heās reacting from a survival place,ā Tony Schwartz told Cooper Wednesday. Heās in pure defensive mode...heās being run by the part of his brain thatās reactive and impulsive, not capable of reflection," Schwartz said. āThe sense of siege that he feels because his sense of self-worth is so, so vulnerable that the series of things that have happened are overwhelming to him."
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"There is no right and wrong for Trump. Thereās winning and losing. And thatās very different from right and wrong. And right now heās in pure terror that he is going to lose," he added. "And by the way he is going to lose. I surely believe that at some point over the next period of time heās going to have to figure out a way to resign and the reason heās going to do that as opposed to go through what could be an impeachment process, or a continuing humiliation, is that he wants to figure out a way ā as heās done all his career ā to turn a loss into a victory. And so he will declare victory when he leaves."
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"Schwartz knows Trump's psyche well, spending nearly a year with him to help pen the best-selling 1987 book. He has been vocal about his regrets in writing the book, giving the The New Yorker a tell-all interview about the part he has played in creating the myth of Trump as a man who wins everything. On Twitter, he said he would now call the book "The Sociopath."
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The co-author of Donald Trumpās best-selling business guide and memoir The Art Of The Deal announced the president is undergoing a āsignificant meltdownā in a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper.
.
āI think heās reacting from a survival place,ā Tony Schwartz told Cooper Wednesday. Heās in pure defensive mode...heās being run by the part of his brain thatās reactive and impulsive, not capable of reflection," Schwartz said. āThe sense of siege that he feels because his sense of self-worth is so, so vulnerable that the series of things that have happened are overwhelming to him."
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"There is no right and wrong for Trump. Thereās winning and losing. And thatās very different from right and wrong. And right now heās in pure terror that he is going to lose," he added. "And by the way he is going to lose. I surely believe that at some point over the next period of time heās going to have to figure out a way to resign and the reason heās going to do that as opposed to go through what could be an impeachment process, or a continuing humiliation, is that he wants to figure out a way ā as heās done all his career ā to turn a loss into a victory. And so he will declare victory when he leaves."
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"Schwartz knows Trump's psyche well, spending nearly a year with him to help pen the best-selling 1987 book. He has been vocal about his regrets in writing the book, giving the The New Yorker a tell-all interview about the part he has played in creating the myth of Trump as a man who wins everything. On Twitter, he said he would now call the book "The Sociopath."
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