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Donald Trump has turned self-marketing into an art form, and this came long before he moved into the White House.

The Art of the Deal is an old book, and Trump Tower has been on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue since 1983. So, he’s been around.

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For some reason, I have been on Trump’s email list since before he won the Republican nomination. How I got on that email list, however, I have no idea. Ivanka writes me, too. As does Donald Jr.

A recent email from the president asked me to renew my membership to Team Trump, even though I never was a member.

Membership has its privileges, of course — like 30% off on Trump loot as part of Monday’s President’s Day celebrations, as in hats, mugs and even a large bronze-like coin featuring Trump’s stone-cold face.

But it’s the scripting of Trump’s emails that I find fascinating, mainly because they are so brilliantly crafted.

They start out as short sentences, each existing as a separate paragraph, before then expanding out.