“We would draft a quote for him, but he would always rewrite it, making it much larger than life,” Mr. Dowd said in an interview earlier this year. (Mr. Dowd died last month.) There were some common terms: “Huge, billions — those words would have to be in there,” Mr. Dowd said. “Definitely ‘unprecedented.’ Definitely ‘the best of the best.’”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyFor free publicity, Mr. Trump would also schedule news conferences to announce his deals, and he seemed to feast on the attention. How Trump Pitched His Deals“He was so caught up in the glamour of the press conference and getting the lobby of Trump Tower filled with media,” Mr. Dowd said.

Source: New York Times October 06, 2016 09:00 UTC