President Trump has called his 1987 book,?? ?? ??? ?? The Art of The Deal, the best selling business book of all time. Unsurprisingly, that is not true.

What is true, however, is that the book (that POTUS did not himself write) could give readers a better idea of how Trump thinks and where his ideas come from.

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As it so happens, we recently took a look through the book and didin fact discover some things that explain why Trump is doing what he's doing.

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These incredibly real pages will blow you away, make you question your judgment, and have you asking, "Wait, so he wanted to be bad at this?"

Take a look at 5 of the shocking excerpts below.

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