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[–] bobbyfiend@retrolemmy.com 37 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

IDK if any of this is what it looks like, but it's in the context of complete diplomatic incompetence for a decade. None of these people know what they are doing on the international stage. They made their careers as US mob bosses and bullies pretending to be politicians, and don't understand anything beyond that scope. When Trump could no longer pull world leaders off balance with stupid handshake tricks, he looked like an idiot for a while. Whenever he or his lackeys encounter someone who can't be bribed, intimidated, or extorted they sputter like Elmer Fudd because they have no other tools.

[–] normanwall@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Trump is used to negotiating from a position of power because he was born rich and would use lawyers to do his dirty work. He's never had to learn how to actually negotiate so he's trying to use threats and blunt force.

He can't buy the pot this time

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Yes... A while.... A very long while

And yet he was voted in again.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 7 points 7 hours ago

I’m starting to think that he wasn’t but we just didnt collect enough evidence at the time so now we will never know