Latest / Real Donald Trump Wisdom / The Art of the Deal - Chapter 2: Trump Cards - Elements of the Deal - Have Fun (1987)
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- 0:00Trump concludes chapter two of the deal, Trump
- 0:03cards elements of the deal by saying, have fun.
- 0:07I don't kid myself. Life is very fragile and
- 0:09success doesn't change that. If anything, success
- 0:12makes it more fragile. Anything can change without
- 0:16warning. That's why I try not to take any of
- 0:19what's happened too seriously. Money was never
- 0:22a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep
- 0:25score. The real excitement is playing the game.
- 0:28I don't spend a lot of time worrying about what
- 0:30I should have done differently or what's going
- 0:32to happen next. If you ask me exactly what the
- 0:35deals I'm about to describe all add up to in
- 0:38the end, I'm not sure I have a very good answer,
- 0:40except that I've had a very good time making
- 0:42them. Very simple. Trump is saying what matters
- 0:45is the journey. He's having fun. He's enjoying
- 0:48the process. He says the real excitement is about
- 0:52playing the game. And we see that that's also
- 0:55his approach to politics and global affairs on
- 0:59the world stage. He enjoys winning, but he enjoys
- 1:02the process of winning. Of course, the outcome,
- 1:06but he gets in. Basically, he gets involved in
- 1:09everything he can to achieve peace, for example.
- 1:11There's no topic that is outside of the realm.
- 1:15He steps in to defend this and he's swinging,
- 1:18gets involved. even with very small countries
- 1:21who are having a dispute. More recently, Trump
- 1:23is saying, of course, he hopes to get to go to
- 1:27paradise as part of his legacy. Trump is enjoying
- 1:30the journey. He's having fun. He's trying to
- 1:33be sharp. He's trying to get great outcomes.
- 1:35His reminder here is that money was not the biggest
- 1:38motivation, though it's a way to keep score.
- 1:41The real excitement is playing the game. So have
- 1:44fun.