Editorials & Other Articles

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(127,567 posts) Sat May 3, 2025, 08:03 PM May 2025

I Teach Negotiation. Trump Just Broke Every Rule.

Written by Ben Meiselas

It seems like Donald Trump has a “first mover problem” with his disastrous trade war against the world. No country wants to go first since they know Donald Trump will gloat and try to humiliate them. They are seeing what happened in the elections in Canada and in Australia and realize that capitulation means the end of their governing power.

I teach negotiation. Every negotiation rule was broken by Donald Trump in his disaster trade war.

First, you never set arbitrary deadlines against yourself.

Second, if you set arbitrary deadlines, you must meet said deadlines or you lose credibility.

-more-

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/i-teach-negotiation-trump-just-broke

2 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

I Teach Negotiation. Trump Just Broke Every Rule. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2025 OP

I'd say the first rule should be 'have specific goals in mind." Intractable May 2025 #1

He's not trying to win. D23MIURG23 May 2025 #2

Intractable

(1,237 posts)

1. I'd say the first rule should be 'have specific goals in mind."

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 09:03 PM

May 2025

The article mentions not sending mixed signals to your opponent.

When the goal is general domination in unspecified form, one's team members are going to send mixed signals to obscure that fact.

D23MIURG23

(3,133 posts)

2. He's not trying to win.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat May 3, 2025, 09:49 PM

May 2025

His whole second presidency is just a middle finger to the entire world for refusing to grovel. He's destroying the global economy because it makes him feel powerful. This is what we get for not saying "thank you".

Reply to this discussion