Trump, who was also known as the author of a ghostwritten best-selling book called The Art of the Deal, leaned in and shared his magic. Arrive late at the first session, he told Burt. Walk up to the main guy on the Russian side of the table, stick your finger in his chest, and say, “Fuck you!” Just over two years later, in July 1991, Burt managed to get a treaty signed, reducing each side’s nuclear arsenals by one third, without following Trump’s suggestion. That same month, Trump filed for bankruptcy—his third, this one on his Taj Mahal hotel-casino in Atlantic City.
