Trump’s Art of the Deal

For Trump, everything — from NATO membership to foreign invasions — is about the transaction.

James Surowiecki
GEN
Published in
5 min readFeb 28, 2022

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After calling Vladimir Putin a “genius” and “smart” last week, Donald Trump seems to have recognized that the political winds have shifted, and that praising the tyrant who just invaded his neighbor isn’t the best look at the moment. So Trump has pivoted (without, of…

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James Surowiecki
GEN
Writer for

I’m the author of The Wisdom of Crowds. I’ve been a business columnist for Slate and The New Yorker and written for a wide range of other publications.