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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Trump says he's a great dealmaker. His record says otherwise

Washington: Trump Tower had just opened and "The Art of the Deal" was three years from publication when 38-year-old Donald Trump suggested he could negotiate Russian arms control better than Ronald Reagan.

"It would take an hour-and-a-half to learn everything there is to learn about missiles," Trump told The Washington Post in 1984. Of dealmaking prowess, he said, "You either have it, or you don't."

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