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The Donald Trump-splains Machiavelli!
Coming in early February 2021: Trump Leadership University
Fresh off his rigged election loss, Donald J. Trump is proud to kick off his new trillion-dollar venture — Trump Leadership University — with a series of lectures on the writings of political philosophist Niccolo Machiavelli.
Many people are already saying these are the most exceptional lectures ever produced.
Famous for his 1513 advice column The Prince, Machiavelli espoused principles of leadership marked by cunning, deceit, and fear. Who better than the former president to reinterpret Machiavelli for our modern, yet trying times?
America’s greatest president brings 74 years of unparalleled business and political acumen to the lecture hall, offering insight, illumination, and even a bit of his famous “Trumpian” sense of humor, to the delight of his sycophantic audience (composed mostly of those former cabinet members and advisors not yet indicted or in federal prison).
Mr. Trump speaks extemporaneously — no teleprompter here! — and his signature brash style is on full display.
President Trump recorded the series in the famous “boardroom” studio in Trump Tower, a sound stage for The Apprentice and future site of the Trump…
