As reported in various media outlets, including the Daily Beast which broke the news, Donald Trump is “excited” to write his memoirs.

Here are the known knowns:

• That he’s “excited” (this can’t be stressed enough)
• That he believes it will sell better than The Art of the Deal (a point we can agree upon)
• That he’ll use the memoir to “dish dirt” (of course he would)

Here are the known unknowns:

• That he’ll write the book himself (he says he will, but given his record of broken promises…)
• That Donald Trump Jr. tried to sell a book proposal that glorified his father (will any publisher bite?)
• That publishers are afraid he’d ruin “roll out” plans by blathering away the juiciest bits (but would we even care after 2020?)

Here’s the unknown unknown:

• Is Trump also planning a Presidential Library? Would his memoir get its own wing?

Many questions, some answers. But as the Daily Beast noted: “two book agents who’ve dealt with popular political books said that the president could expect to see a book advance—from some amenable publishing house—at least in the low seven figures. The sources predicted that the final amount would fall short of the reportedly $65 million book deal that former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama landed.”