Timothy L. O'Brien, Columnist

Trump Was Never a Great Dealmaker. The Shutdown Proves It

The president loves the idea of a border wall. Now he’s cornered.

January 7, 2019 at 11:30 AM UTC

Timothy L. O'Brien is senior executive editor of Bloomberg Opinion. A former editor and reporter for the New York Times, he is author of “TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald.”

Performance art: the president with a prototype of his border wall last year.
Photographer: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

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“Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals.” — Donald Trump, “The Art of the Deal”

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