A Comparison: Trump’s The Art of the Deal and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War

Trump The Art of The Deal, cover, first edition – Fair Use

Donald J. Trump’s The Art of the Deal (1987) and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War (5th century BCE) outline winning strategies. The Art of War is a Chinese classic read worldwide in military colleges to appreciate the battlefield. The Art of the Deal is gaining importance because its author is now the U.S. President.  Trump wrote the book as a realtor, but as the president, he is extending its lessons to reshape the global markets, with the central engagement being with China...