Without Si Newhouse, There Might Never Have Been a President Trump
- Newhouse biographer recounts ‘The Art of The Deal’ origins
- Maier also notes both had connection to attorney Roy Cohn
Donald Trump and S.I. Newhouse in 1987.
Photographer: Sonia Moskowitz/Getty ImageDonald Trump’s ascent to the White House might not have been possible without the support of S.I. Newhouse Jr., the celebrated magazine publisher who died on Sunday at age 89.
“One of the things that people don’t realize is that it was Si Newhouse who personally helped convince Trump to do ‘The Art of the Deal,”’ Newhouse biographer Thomas Maier said in an interview.