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The Art of the Deal

If Books Could Kill

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Strategic Financial Maneuvering and its Impacts

The speaker discusses how Trump used financial strategies, such as delaying personal debt payments and having the company absorb his debts, to insulate himself from the impacts of bankruptcy, leaving contractors, shareholders, and employees to bear the brunt. This maneuvering, though legal, demonstrates a systematic issue in which rich individuals exploit structures to protect their wealth, resulting in less responsibility despite great power. The speaker attributes Trump's continued wealth to his adept exploitation of this system and highlights it as an example of the reverse 'Spider-Man principle' in America's economic landscape.

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