"I don't do it for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it. Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks."
— The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump with Tony Schwartz, 1987
If you take a moment to re-read the Declaration of Independence, it may help you make better sense of recent headlines.
The founders of the United States of America didn't just declare independence from Great Britain. They wrote a statement explaining their reasoning. Two-hundred-and-forty-two years later, we're navigating some of the same issues.