Talk:Barbara Res

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Should be kept

I'm not sure why the article is being considered for deletion. Res has been a key participant in Trump's business career, having worked for him for 18 years, and has contributed to the history of and our understanding of Trump.

Her book was written about in October by the Los Angeles Times. It quotes her book Tower of Lies. Trump "was able to control others, through lies and exaggeration, with promises of money or jobs, through threats of lawsuits or exposure. He surrounded himself with yes-men, blamed others for his own failures, never took responsibility, and always stole credit. These tactics are still at work, just deployed at the highest levels of the U.S. government, with all the corruption and chaos that necessarily ensue.”

Her book and interviews corroborate perspectives by Michael Cohen, John O'Donnell, and others who talk about the Trump the businessman's (they say) ego, bigotry, and other characteristics. (Cohen compared Trump to a mobster.) Each of them have cited specific examples of racism by Trump that they say occurred while they were working for Trump.

Insights into Trump's personality continue to be relevant as we explore for example his unusual relationship with Vladimir Putin, which Res commented on in an appearance on MSNBC in September. "I see Putin as thinking that Trump is a bit of a fool," she said. (Cohen said that Trump likes Putin in part because he sees him as behind business deals by oligarchs that benefited Trump to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.)

Less unfavorably, Res was also cited by the Trump campaign as an example of Trump's being willing to give a woman a chance as an executive.

Res was mentioned by Jane Mayer in The New Yorker a couple of days before the election. " 'One of the reasons [Trump is] so crazily intent on winning is all the speculation that prosecutors will go after him,' [Res] said. 'It would be a very scary spectre.' She calculated that, if Trump loses, 'he’ll never, ever acknowledge it—he’ll leave the country.' "

I don't know one way or the other, but is it possible that a Trump partisan suggested the page for deletion because Res has negative things to say about Trump, because if so, I don't think that that is reason enough. I don't see any explanation for the suggestion that the page be deleted. If it's deleted, it simply means that Wikipedia leaves out an insightful component for potentially better understanding one of our most unusual presidents. I think it would be better if the page were expanded and improved instead.

--100.4.146.45 (talk) 17:38, 18 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As the original creator of the article, I agree. She has contributed enough to public life to be considered for an article, people have wikipedia articles for far less. The article has plenty of citations from relevant and proper third party sources.

Tumericiangovernment (talk) 12:36, 21 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]