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Trump's ghostwriter who spent 18 months with him: "Lying is second nature to him. He lied strategically. He had a complete lack of conscience about it." (www.newyorker.com)

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Starting in late 1985, Schwartz spent eighteen months with Trump—camping out in his office, joining him on his helicopter, tagging along at meetings, and spending weekends with him at his Manhattan apartment and his Florida estate.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

On the other hand it didn't bother him enough back then not to keep going with the ghost writing job

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This was 1985. Trump was just a run-of-the-mill sleazebag back then.

I think we can give the ghostwriter a pass on this being "just a job". If anything, it's pretty damning to have the ghostwriter of your one bestselling book call you a liar, which he's been saying since 2016.