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The Economist
The Economist
28 Feb 2025


NextImg:Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s savvy dealmaker
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Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s savvy dealmaker

The novice diplomat embodies the president’s transactional worldview

It was 1986: Greed was good and the hours were punishing. Still, even round-the-clock dealmakers had to eat. That is how Donald Trump happened upon Steve Witkoff at a deli counter in midtown Manhattan at 3am. One was a son of Queens, the other of the Bronx. Both were hungry. Mr Witkoff paid.

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