According to reports, Iranian officials enlisted a team of psychologists and studied Donald Trump's book 'The Art of the Deal' to decipher his conduct ahead of negotiations, citing frequent social media posts that complicated the talks. The reports indicate an Iranian effort to understand Trump's thinking patterns.
Reports circulating on Thursday indicate that Iranian officials have taken unusual preparatory steps ahead of negotiations with the Trump administration — consulting a team of psychologists and studying Trump's 1987 book 'The Art of the Deal' to better predict his negotiation style. According to the reports, the Iranian team found Trump's frequent social media posts particularly difficult to parse, prompting the use of behavioral analysts. The approach follows a reported earlier move, as The Zioneer has previously noted, in which senior psychologists were added to Iran's advisory circle. Those reports, published in mid-June, described the effort as aimed at analyzing what an Iranian official termed a 'psychotic behavioral pattern.' The broader context is an ongoing U.S. air campaign and diplomatic push for a nuclear agreement, with Trump having stated publicly that Iran wants a deal 'more than I do,' as The Zioneer reported on June 11. The details of these psychological preparations remain sourced from reports and have not been independently verified.
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