Donald Trump’s Ghostwriter on How to Win Debates: ‘Torture Him With His Own Words’

“You break down his persona by showing how he’s really not nearly as intelligent as he says he is,” Tony Schwartz says

Donald Trump's Ghostwriter on How to Defeat Him in Debates: 'Torture Him With His Own Words'

Tony Schwartz, the man who ghostwrote Donald Trump’s best-selling book “The Art of the Deal,” has tips for Hillary Clinton on how to squash The Donald during Monday’s presidential debate: “Torture him with his own words.”

“You break down his persona by showing how he’s really not nearly as intelligent as he says he is and would like to be,” Schwartz told the New York Times’ podcast “The Run-Up” on Friday. “He can’t avoid repeating himself. He can’t stay focused on a subject for very long.”

“I’d be very calm, direct, and unflappable but relentless  — and I mean relentless — over 90 minutes in calling out every time a line came out of his mouth,” Schwartz went on to say.

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