Former associates confess what a horrible deal-maker Trump was -- who regularly botched his own negotiations

Former associates confess what a horrible deal-maker Trump was -- who regularly botched his own negotiations: Even the conservative Wall Street Journal has figured out that President Donald Trump isn’t the master negotiator he’s long branded himself as — but Trump’s former business associates say they’ve known Trump was bad at making deals for years. Jack O’Donnell, a former Trump casino executive, tells Politico that Trump’s typical negotiating style is to act, as the publication puts it, as a “for-show tough guy.” However, when it comes to the details of negotiating, …