We had all been warned!

Millions of words have been written about Donald Trump.  But one thing always seem to be certain with Trump.  Unlike the warnings in the security industry, past performance is absolutely an indication for future returns.So what exactly do those past performances look like.  Long before Campaign 2016 started, Trump telegraphed pretty much everything we are seeing today.  Even 10 years ago my guest, journalist Timothy O’Brien was granted unfettered access to Trump, wrote TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald, only to wind up in court.Timothy L. O'Brien is the executive editor of Bloomberg View. He was previously the executive editor of the Huffington Post, where he won a Pulitzer Prize. Prior to that he was the Sunday Business editor and a reporter at the New York Times. My conversation with Timothy O'Brien: Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe