Star Trek: The Ferengi Rules Of Aquisition

Grand Nagus Trump of The Ferengi Alliance

The ultra-capitalist Ferengi are a mercurial, cunning, sly and devious people featured in Star Trek, who love having their highly sensitive ears rubbed. They have commandments for doing business.

The Five Stages of Acquisition according to Ferengi Tradition are:
1. Infatuation
2. Justification
3. Appropriation
4. Obsession
5. Resale

We first see them on Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG). They play a more prominent role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (DS9).

Their advice parallels that of Mula Nasrudin, Machiavelli, The Art of War by Sun Tzu and The Ten Commandments.

Maybe this is Trump’s favourite learning, Greed is Eternal!

1

Once you have their money, you never give it back.

The Nagus (DS9 episode)

2

The best deal is the one that makes the most profit.

The 34th Rule (DS9 novel)

3

Never spend more for an acquisition than you have to.