--- 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: 2026-02-23T17:03:43.475Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Art of the Deal' Ghostwriter Thinks President Trump Will Resign Before the End of the Year  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Aug 18, 2017 11:35 AM UTC  Tony Schwartz speaks onstage during The New York Times DealBook Conference at One World Trade Center on Dec. 11, 2014 in New York City. Tony Schwartz speaks onstage during The New York Times DealBook Conference at One World Trade Center on Dec. 11, 2014 in New York City.Thos Robinson—The New York Times/Getty Images  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._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4906262/art-of-the-deal-ghostwriter-trump-resign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4906262/art-of-the-deal-ghostwriter-trump-resign/"},"headline":"'Art of the Deal' Ghostwriter Thinks President Trump Will Resign Before the End of the Year","datePublished":"2017-08-18T11:35:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T17:03:43.475Z","description":"\"The level of his destructiveness is staggering.\"","url":"https://time.com/4906262/art-of-the-deal-ghostwriter-trump-resign/","keywords":["president trump","Books","White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9236132ef4b5a97f/6988da3c4ee262607d30e9e7/art-deal-tony-schwartz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9236132ef4b5a97f/6988da3c4ee262607d30e9e7/art-deal-tony-schwartz.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"art-deal-tony-schwartz","caption":"Tony Schwartz speaks onstage during The New York Times DealBook Conference at One World Trade Center on Dec. 11, 2014 in New York City.","creditText":"Thos Robinson—The New York Times/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/president-trump/","name":"president trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4906262/art-of-the-deal-ghostwriter-trump-resign/","name":"'Art of the Deal' Ghostwriter Thinks President Trump Will Resign Before the End of the Year"}}]}] ```