Book · 1987 · Biography & Autobiography
Trump: The Art of the Deal
#51 of 13,382 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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I think that his his book is very educational the art of a deal hey it's a really entertaining read and actually has a lot of good business stuff in it.
What they say about it
- Negotiation and dealmaking tactics“what he wrote about in Art of the Deal”3
- Mention of the punch back rule“if someone punches you in the face you hit him back 10 times harder”3
- Understanding Trump's background“to understand Trump, you sort of have to go back to the art of the deal”2
The best things said about it
If you have any interest in understanding Trump or how these deals are going to go, you have to read the bestselling New York Times bestselling novel, The Art of the Deal. It's on sale on Amazon right now. You can buy it.
Palmer Luckey Honestly with Bari Weiss · Oct 2025 Trump is a Carnival Barker and you know he talks about that in the art of the deal I mean his his whole style of Campa painting is is all mapped out in his books where he talks about this Larger than Life Persona that he's created in order to make himself a public figure in order to make himself.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2016 You take away that side and you take away the thing that Trump talks about in his book The Art of the Deal where he says if someone punches you in the face you hit him back 10 times harder.
The entire second half of the book he just spends bragging about his projects in Atlantic City and how successful they are.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald J. Trump and Tony Schwartz is a bestselling memoir and business guide that outlines Donald Trump's negotiation strategies and real estate career. Palmer Luckey recommended the book on Honestly with Bari Weiss, advising listeners to read it to understand Trump's mindset and negotiation style. Chamath Palihapitiya mentioned the book on The Tucker Carlson Show, highlighting a photograph inside it. Piers Morgan told listeners of The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast that the book was educational, entertaining, and contained useful business insights. Ryan Grim brought up the book on Breaking Points to discuss Trump's stated negotiating approach, while Shaan Puri mentioned on My First Million that he purchased it to examine political negotiation strategies. Bill O'Reilly discussed the title on The Rubin Report to explain Trump's rhetoric and tactics, and Emily Jashinsky referenced the work on both The Megyn Kelly Show and Breaking Points to illustrate how Trump utilizes words and negotiation styles in foreign policy and tariffs.
Every mention
Piers Morgan i think that his his book is very educational the art of a deal hey it's a really entertaining read and act… 5
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“um you you take away that side and you take away the thing that Trump talks about in his book The Art of the deal where he says if someone punches you in the face you hit him back 10 times harder”
Discussed
“and you take away that thing that Trump talks about in his book The Art of the Deal where he says if someone punches you in the face you hit him back 10 times harder”
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“if you read Trump's book The Art of the deal his whole thing is if you punch me I'm going to punch you 10 times back”
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“so I read the art of the deal his book about four times before I went out there and just played it tough and hard”
Recommended
“i think that his his book is very educational the art of a deal hey it's a really entertaining read and actually has a lot of good business stuff in it”
Chamath Palihapitiya one is there's an incredible picture in uh Donald Trump's book which is a picture of Zuck sitting in the ov… 1
Recommended
“one is there's an incredible picture in uh Donald Trump's book which is a picture of Zuck sitting in the oval and by the way this is the same book which you have to get”
Palmer Luckey If you have any interest in understanding Trump or how these deals are going to go, you have to read the be… 1
Recommended
“If you have any interest in understanding Trump or how these deals are going to go, you have to read the bestselling New York Times bestselling novel, The Art of the Deal. It's on sale on Amazon right now. You can buy it.”
Emily Jashinsky Art of the deal. It literally is that meme come to life where he puts the tariffs on and they say this will… 5
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“I mean, your point is I think the important one that he literally wrote about this negotiation style in Art of the Deal.”
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“Well, it's it's this is what he wrote about in Art of the Deal. Like he uses words to negotiate.”
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“Uh it's art of the deal except he says he did it because he got spooked.”
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“Art of the deal. It literally is that meme come to life where he puts the tariffs on and they say this will create jobs”
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“Uh and you know, I mean just again at a basic level, uh this art of the deal and all this other nonsense”
Jack Pobic this is the man who rode the art of the deal this is the man who put it together and he's proven to the ent… 3
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“This is the man who wrote the art of the deal.”
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“this is the man who rode the art of the deal this is the man who put it together and he's proven to the entire world that he is in fact the dealmaker chief”
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“He's always doing art of the deal. You never know what's going on behind the scenes.”
Joe Rogan well it's the same as the irony of trump having written the art of the deal um or rather having had someone… 3
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“well it's the same as the irony of trump having written the art of the deal um or rather having had someone ghostwrite it for him”
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“a friend of mine today was talking about the art of the deal I've never read the art of the deal because he was in rehab when he was in rehab he had a lot of time and he read the art of the deal and he's like it's remarkably progressive even by today's standards”
Discussed
“Trump is a Carnival Barker and you know he talks about that in the art of the deal I mean his his whole style of Campa painting is is all mapped out in his books where he talks about this Larger than Life Persona that he's created in order to make himself a public figure in order to make himself”
Tim Pool Joe Biden basically I got I got to give it to him he's a mass he must have read the art of the deal read so… 3
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“have you read art of the specifically New Jersey like the entire second half of the book he just spends bragging about his projects in Atlantic City and how successful they are”
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“Joe Biden basically I got I got to give it to him he's a mass he must have read the art of the deal read some Donald Trump the big ask”
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“i mean you read his book uh the art of the deal a lot of it is just you know pr to the max and and just using information as a way to get as much support as you can to get what you can”
Alexandra Alter there are many of Donald Trump's books that are up quite a bit now we have the art of the deal his uh best… 2
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“there are many of Donald Trump's books that are up quite a bit now we have the art of the deal his uh best seller from the 80s which is at 13 it was at 52 and his policy Book Grade again is up to 69”
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“he noted in a tweet to me that the lurb on Donald Trump's own book art of the deal is this”
Megyn Kelly he hasn't read the art of the deal no he doesn't know how to strike it 2
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“he hasn't read the art of the deal no he doesn't know how to strike it”
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“Trump is going to be releasing a book on April 25th titled letters to Trump It's gonna cost 99 which is a lot or if you pay 399 you could have a signed edition It's going to reveal 150 letters that celebrities have sent him over the years including presidents Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton Kim Jong-un Vladimir Putin”
Bari Weiss Have you ever read The Art of the Deal? I've actually never read it. 1
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“Have you ever read The Art of the Deal? I've actually never read it.”
Benny Johnson I'm a massive Trump fan, but this guy wrote The Art of the Deal, and if you read the art of the deal which… 1
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“I'm a massive Trump fan, but this guy wrote The Art of the Deal, and if you read the art of the deal which is course is sort of trump in a book in a single book”
Bill O'Reilly I just think he is what he is. He likes to surprise people. He uses colorful language. I don't read into it… 1
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“I just think he is what he is. He likes to surprise people. He uses colorful language. I don't read into it too much other than it's exactly what Art of the Deal is, which is you say some crazy things and see what happens.”
Camille Foster and if what Trump is doing here and I actually purchased a copy of art of the deal in the last 24 hours and… 1
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“and if what Trump is doing here and I actually purchased a copy of art of the deal in the last 24 hours and have been going through it to try and understand years later to try and understand listen a little late but I mean there's maybe a little game got to understand that Ghost Rider”
Charlie Kirk He's always doing art of the deal. 1
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“He's always doing art of the deal.”
Gabor Mate the guy who wrote the art of the deal with him a guy called tony schwartz once said that this man doesn't k… 1
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“the guy who wrote the art of the deal with him a guy called tony schwartz once said that this man doesn't know the difference between truth and lie”
Jaspreet Singh so if you think about whether you like Donald Trump or not what is he really good at deals the art of the deal 1
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“so if you think about whether you like Donald Trump or not what is he really good at deals the art of the deal”
Liam Cosgrove I mean, and Trump tried to do that; there's a great clip of Trump after he was out of office; he’s being in… 1
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“I mean, and Trump tried to do that; there's a great clip of Trump after he was out of office; he’s being interviewed for his book, and he's talking about meeting Netanyahu and Abbas, the head of the PLO in the West Bank, and he says very candidly, he says, you know, I got a really good feeling about Abbas;”
Mike Cernovich I mean the guy wrote a book about it 1
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“I mean the guy wrote a book about it”
Newt Gingrich One of the great lessons I learned was from a book by Tony Schwartz called the election game and then how t… 1
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“One of the great lessons I learned was from a book by Tony Schwartz called the election game and then how to win. And I'm sorry. I won't get the name, the title right now, I'm just gonna give you the wrong title. Anyway, Tony Schwartz was a great radio consultant who then went into politics. He did a lots”
Robert Evans it starts with him like reading his son a copy of the art of the deal and telling his daughter to build the… 1
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“it starts with him like reading his son a copy of the art of the deal and telling his daughter to build the wall with toys”
Shaan Puri So I bought I bought The Art of the Deal. I was like, "I'm going to read The Art of the Deal to try to unde… 1
Discussed
“So I bought I bought The Art of the Deal. I was like, "I'm going to read The Art of the Deal to try to understand what is the what is the strategy here? What's going on?"”
Steve Toth So, a couple months ago there's a picture in in Acts of him reading The Art of the Deal and and just above… 1
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“So, a couple months ago there's a picture in in Acts of him reading The Art of the Deal and and just above it, it says, What a great read.”
Tom Bevan To me like you know it to understand Trump, you sort of have to go back to the art of the deal. 1
Discussed
“To me like you know it to understand Trump, you sort of have to go back to the art of the deal.”
Tommy Vietor Um Dan, do you think the problem is uh just that not enough people have have read The Art of the Deal? 1
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“Um Dan, do you think the problem is uh just that not enough people have have read The Art of the Deal?”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker4
Discussed
“What he argues in in Art of the Deal and what he has practiced throughout his life is that the way that you reach a deal is you give significant concessions to the other side”
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Discussed
“This is literally textbook art of the deal. Big ask.”
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“the art of the deal well you know and both figuratively and literally to be honest”
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“they're like well donald trump art of the deal businessman he got huge economic improvements because he always called it the greatest economy in american history”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (50: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“I think that someone is coming through and they posted a segment from his book, the art of the deal.”
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“They say it's their favorite book of all time besides The Art of the Deal.”
Passing
“The art of the deal author, he said, also seemed to have been some grudging respect for the negotiators. When I first asked about reports they're suspending talks, quote, "It's an appropriate thing to say because they're better negotiators than they are fighters."”
Passing
“Like, again, you like, art of the deal It's like, well, how he's not going to get this.”
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“All you have to do is read his book about the art of the deal, uh which is specifically about like scheming and making sure to how to like get his Trump Tower and all of that built.”
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“Then we have to remember that like Trump, the whole thing is just comical art of the deal.”
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“That's a lot track Trump's negotiation strategy which is maximum pressure. I mean if anyone read the art of the deal you'd know what's going on.”
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“That was part of the art of the deal, if you will, if you say so. Publicly humiliate guy into making him capitulate to the ridiculous rules”
Passing
“let's talk about the art of the deal, which hopefully all of you have read by now. It's required reading in America. It's required reading.”
Passing
“I guess they'll go back to from the this will create jobs. Now they go back to Art of the Deal in the the meme that shows him going back and forth.”
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“Now they go back to Art of the Deal in the the meme that shows him going back and forth.”
Passing
“If Trump ultimately gets back into the something very similar to the original Obama JCPOA deal, I have no doubt he can message it as like this is totally different and this is way better and art of the deal or whatever. Fine, whatever your ego needs, go ahead and do it.”
Passing
“If Trump ultimately gets back into the something very similar to the original Obama JCPOA deal, I have no doubt he can message it as like this is totally different and this is way better and art of the deal or whatever.”
Passing
“So, but even if Trump rolls back on even more of the tariffs and makes all these deals and declares victory, art of the deal, whatever.”
Passing
“So, the press secretary, the White House press secretary today said to the media, "I guess a bunch of you didn't read the art of the deal when he he pulled off the or did a 90-day pause, there was no deal.”
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“This is literally textbook art of the deal.”
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“You're talking about Ryan. That was just art of the deal. That was the plan the whole time.”
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“You're talking about Ryan. That was just art of the deal. That was the plan the whole time. So, I don't know what you're talking There's no market negotiation. There was no market. Yeah. Anyway, go ahead. I don't know. I don't know. I mean, the art of the deal, too, is like do something crazy and make everybody think”
Passing
“Was it the art of the deal?”
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“You idiots never read art of the deal.”
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“Oh, well, I guess it's art of the deal.”
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“Oh, well, I guess it's art of the deal. I Yeah, art of the deal.”
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“the classics science fiction the art of the deal you know I just like the entire gamut of everything that you'd want”
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“oh do you guys know Trump had a book called The Art of the comeback from 1997 preent”
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“to feuding with Ed cotch to you know rting the art of the deal”
Passing
“so these books by Trump the art of the comeback how to get rich the art of the deal those are obvious contenders for books that fall within your mandate among the 150”
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“considering that her her boss's famous her former boss's famous book is the art of the deal”
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“you know um all of his earlier books were very optimistic books um the art of the deal which you know lasted almost a year on the hard cover list”
Passing
“he told the court that he had not read any of Trump's books but had seen quotes from The Art of the deal now gentlemen”
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“He told the court that he had not read any of Trump's books, but had seen quotes from The Art of the Deal. Now, gentlemen, if this is Trump's last best hope to stop a guilty verdict, I don't like his chances.”
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“he was doing little fist bumps if you read art of the deal too you said yes oh God”
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“He was doing little fist bumps. If you read 'Art of the Deal' too, you said.”
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“first potential juror says he followed Trump on X and read some of his books oh that's going to be a problem art of the deal and how to get rich”
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“Trump the art of the deal of course”
Passing
“and she's been treated like the biographer or that Trump book art of the deal like she's been his psychiatrist for 50 years”
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“I think it was some had something to do with the art of the deal and uh you know he talked her down to a freebie”
Own book
“winning team publishing... and the new book that comes out I believe it's the last week of April it's called letters to Trump and Richard Nixon there's an awesome letter in there from Richard Nixon writes to Rice to Trump when you run you're gonna win and uh you know that was back in the 70s and Oprah's in there”
Passing
“right i think he writes about this in the art of the deal i haven't read it but the idea is ask for like twice of what you want”
Passing
“read art of the deal right that's what that's Trump's book right”
Passing
“and he he wrote The Art of the deal I mean come on someone else wrote it”
Passing
“apparently trump says it's not in the art of the deal so he'll stay like a price that's super high to begin with which means that then when he let's say for example he wants 5 million he will stay 10 million because now he's anchored them around 10 million”
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“somebody wrote a business book late years later called the art of the deal which is yeah and and but in in the art of war sun tzu says”
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“uh art of the deal yeah you know who who probably wrote the start of the war oh i'm sure he did trump trump”
Passing
“i feel wrong bursting your bubble on this one right here uh on zoom but the art of the deal is not a real book and donald trump is not a master negotiator”
Passing
“- Well, you know the name of his book, right? - "The Art of the Deal." - "The Art of the Deal."”
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“and that's that it's the art of the deal”
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“...but a little less than 1 .4 billion for about 55 miles of fencing on the 2,000m border art of the deal”
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“Mick I got him right where they want him is is it this is the art of the deal”
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“many of the children are in a detention center that includes a gigantic mural of Donald Trump next to a quote from art of the deal”
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“This is an even better book than the odd of the deal”