The Art of the Deal Ghostwriter: Trump Has A ‘200-Word Vocabulary’
- 8 years ago
Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of Donald Trump’s bestselling book, 'The Art of the Deal,' has claimed in a recent interview on MSNBC’s show AM Joy that the Republican nominee has a “200-word vocabulary.”
Donald Trump has previously boasted of his intellectual prowess, saying at a news conference, “I went to an Ivy League school, I’m very highly educated, I know words, I have the best words.”
However, Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of the businessman’s 1987 bestselling book, 'The Art of the Deal,' contradicted this assertion on MSNBC’s show AM Joy on Sunday.
At one point in the program, host Joy-Ann Reid points out, “Whenever Donald Trump reads a speech, and I’m not the first person to say this, he seems to be sort of discovering the information for the first time.”
Schwartz replies, “You can tell, every time he reads a speech, it is so far from the way he speaks. He has the smallest vocabulary of any person who’s ever run for any kind of office, much less president. How about county commissioner?”
He goes on to say, “It’s a 200-word vocabulary, so as soon as he gets beyond that, you know that he is reading someone else’s words…”
A separate Carnegie Mellon study released in March found that Trump’s campaign speeches appear to include a lower level of vocabulary and grammar compared to most other candidates.
Donald Trump has previously boasted of his intellectual prowess, saying at a news conference, “I went to an Ivy League school, I’m very highly educated, I know words, I have the best words.”
However, Tony Schwartz, the ghostwriter of the businessman’s 1987 bestselling book, 'The Art of the Deal,' contradicted this assertion on MSNBC’s show AM Joy on Sunday.
At one point in the program, host Joy-Ann Reid points out, “Whenever Donald Trump reads a speech, and I’m not the first person to say this, he seems to be sort of discovering the information for the first time.”
Schwartz replies, “You can tell, every time he reads a speech, it is so far from the way he speaks. He has the smallest vocabulary of any person who’s ever run for any kind of office, much less president. How about county commissioner?”
He goes on to say, “It’s a 200-word vocabulary, so as soon as he gets beyond that, you know that he is reading someone else’s words…”
A separate Carnegie Mellon study released in March found that Trump’s campaign speeches appear to include a lower level of vocabulary and grammar compared to most other candidates.