--- title: Art of the Deal Ghostwriter Tony Schwartz: Trump Will Resign description: The ghostwriter of Donald Trump's famous memoir The Art of the Deal thinks Trump will resign the presidency before the end of the year. canonical: https://time.com/4906262/art-of-the-deal-ghostwriter-trump-resign/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-18T11:35:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:29:43.709Z article:section: Politics og:title: 'Art of the Deal' Ghostwriter Thinks Trump Will Resign og:description: "The level of his destructiveness is staggering." og:url: https://time.com/4906262/art-of-the-deal-ghostwriter-trump-resign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9236132ef4b5a97f/6988da3c4ee262607d30e9e7/art-deal-tony-schwartz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3839 og:image:height: 2159 og:image:alt: art-deal-tony-schwartz og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'Art of the Deal' Ghostwriter Thinks Trump Will Resign twitter:description: "The level of his destructiveness is staggering." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9236132ef4b5a97f/6988da3c4ee262607d30e9e7/art-deal-tony-schwartz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Art of the Deal' Ghostwriter Thinks President Trump Will Resign Before the End of the Year > Sponsored content. 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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that anti-racism protesters bear some of the blame for the violent rallies in Charlottesville, returning to his original comments that "both sides" were responsible for the deadly clashes._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 18, 2017 11:35 AM UTC  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 18, 2017 11:35 AM UTC The ghostwriter of Donald Trump’s famous memoir _The Art of the Deal_ doubled down on his prediction that Trump will resign the presidency before the end of the year. “The snowball is beginning to gather momentum as it comes down the mountain,” Tony Schwartz told Anderson Cooper [on CNN](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6yn4cWBrSU) Thursday. “It reminds me a lot of Watergate and the last days of Nixon… He’s put himself in an isolated, no-win position. The level of his destructiveness is staggering.” His television appearance echoed tweets he had published the day before saying Trump would resign office — and soon. “The circle is closing at blinding speed,” Tony Schwartz, who [CNN reports](http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/politics/art-of-the-deal-author-trump-resignation-prediction/index.html) spent more than a year with Trump writing his 1987 memoir, tweeted August 16\. “Trump is going to resign and declare victory before Mueller and congress leave him no choice.” In a second tweet, he continued, “Trump’s presidency is effectively over. Would be amazed if he survives till end of the year. More likely resigns by fall, if not sooner.” > [](https://twitter.com/tonyschwartz/status/897874152039821312) > [](https://twitter.com/tonyschwartz/status/897900928023412736) Schwartz has been an open critic of Trump during his political rise, [previously predicting](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/334188-art-of-the-deal-ghostwriter-trump-will-resign-so-he-doesnt-lose) in May that he would resign and [telling ](http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all)_The New Yorker_ last year that he “a deep sense of remorse” for his role in Trump’s fame through _Art of the Deal._ ## Transcript I've condemned neo- Nazis, I've condemned many different groups, but not all of those people were neo- Nazis, believe me. Not all of those people were white supremacists. I think there's blame on both sides. You look at both sides I think there's blame on both sides, and I have no doubt about it. What about the alt- left? They came charging, as you say, at the alt- right. Do they have any semblance of guilt? [ CROSSTALK ]. Let me ask you this, what about the fact they came charging with clubs in their hands, swinging clubs, Do they have any problem? I think they do. There was a group on this side, you can call them the left, you've just called them the left, that came violently attacking the other group. So you can say what you want, but that's they way it is. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down, to them, a very, very important statue, And the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name . >> [ UNKNOWN ] George Washington was a slave owner. Was George Washington a slave owner? So, will George Washington now lose his status? Excuse me. Are we going to take down statues to George Washington How about Thomas Jefferson? What do you think about Thomas Jefferson? You like him? I do love Thomas Jefferson. Okay good. Are we gonna take down the statue? Cuz he was a major slave owner. Now are we gonna take down his statue? So you know what? It's fine. You're changing history. 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