VERY, VERY, VERY INTELLIGENT
A portrait of the most powerful man in the world through his own words.

“I’m intelligent. Some people would say I’m very, very, very intelligent.”
Fortune, April 3 rd, 2000

“I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.”
Campaign Rally, June 15 th, 2015

“ […] And I then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute, and is there a way you can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning. […] ”
Press Conference White House, April 24 th, 2020

To overtrump oneself or others does not necessarily have negative connotations. It also means to get the maximum out of oneself, to constantly better ones standing, and to learn from what has come before. With this collection of quotations, Sven Lindhorst-Emme wants to show a broad sampling of Donald Trump‘s verbalizations, and thus, of how he thinks, and ultimately leave it to the reader to create their own picture. The quotations that make up this publication are often contradictory: they impress, shock, surprise, amaze, amuse, provoke anger, sadden, or leave one incredulous and confused. From interviews to television appearances to speeches and a number of social media channels – Donald Trump is everywhere.

"The publication does not claim to be a literary masterpiece. In my imagination it is a small object that is fun, doesn't take itself too seriously, is beautiful to look at and can be found at illustrious evenings in shared kitchens or as toilet literature," declares Lindhorst-Emme.

OVERTRUMP collects 58 quotations with their sources and partly background information on 128 red coloured and thread-bound book pages. The design is based on a classic poetry book and is intended to provoke the greatest possible distance between content and appearance. Or like Lindhorst-Emme adds: "Comparable to what is printed in relation to real reality."

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