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Angus Maitland's avatar

Vicky: Do you really feel that the salt and pepper analogy is that insightful? Seems pretty standard negotiating tactic to me. Hardly a genius move. More like a reality TV version of the Art of the Deal!

What is unique though is Trump’s willingness to ‘credibly’ threaten to blow everything up. But that only works in real estate if you inherit half a $billion; or, in international relations if (1) you have a history of recklessness in the private sector and (2) you luck into running the largest economy in the world.

Trump has always been too big to fail. But that had nothing to do with innate talent - just being born on third base combined with his appetite for irrational risk.

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Corinne Standish's avatar

Nope, if he wore a suit and said, thank you, it would've been something else. Notice that Elon Musk doesn't wear a suit and doesn't say thank you! It sounds like you're trying to normalize what isn't normal. A better analogy Is he's trying to run the presidency like it's another reality tv show, but he's on the wrong sound stage.

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