Rob Arnott Had Staff Read This ChatGPT Summary to Prep for ...
As President Donald Trump was gearing up for a second term in the White House, the investing legend Rob Arnott thought he'd give his colleagues some required reading. Arnott, the founder of Research Affiliates and a pioneer of several modern investment strategies, told BI on Thursday that most people who worry about Trump's use of tariffs have not yet read Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." He believes the book's message explains Trump's tariff strategy. "If you can achieve victory without battle, that's the ultimate victory," Arnott said. "If he gets what he wants with a small skirmish and some threats, that's classic 'Art of War.'"
Trump himself has invoked the book multiple times to describe his negotiation strategy, including tweeting the famous quote: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." That helps explain why the book might provide helpful insights into Trump's trade war tactics.
"I'm not an expert on Trump," he said. "I'm not an expert on geopolitics. But I will say the guy likes to stake out bold stances, provocative stances, implausible stances, and he's perfectly willing to follow through on them. But they're posturing until they're not posturing."
Summary Obtained by Business Insider:
Instead of having his staff read the full book, he figured he'd have ChatGPT summarize it. Arnott said he has the chatbot summarize books for him these days before deciding whether to read them in full.
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