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This is an excerpt from a great article that demonstrates how trump's tactics work in politics rather than business.
"...But our richest case study so far is Trump’s push to pass the initial version of the American Health Care Act.What can we learn about Trump’s negotiation style from the bill’s spectacular fizzle? The first step in a winning negotiation, as any MBA course will teach you, is to understand the playing field. As best we can tell from outside the process, Trump made zero effort to learn anything at all.
He never studied the wonky details of the bill. He was clueless about the broader history of the debate (“Nobody knew health care could be so complicated,” he marveled at one point). He never bothered to comprehend other interests—the ideological objections of the hard-line Freedom Caucus, the practical concerns of the moderate Tuesday Group, the alarm of an American public that gave the bill a 17 percent approval rating—so he could empathize and try to assuage them.
Having been too lazy, or too lacking in attention span, to do basic prep work, Trump then seemed to grow bored of the negotiation itself. Effective dealmakers are known for their patience and stamina, which lets them endure the emotional ups and downs of the process, ignore outbursts, and settle in for the long slog of achieving a lasting accord. Trump, however, grew restless within days after wading into the fray, issued an ultimatum, and imposed a tight deadline with no clear rationale. (Consider that negotiations over Obamacare dragged on for more than a year, while the AHCA give-and-take lasted 17 days.) The vote Trump tried to force never happened, and instead he simply scuttled the process before it had begun.
Given all this behavior, how seriously will anyone take Trump’s threats and deadlines next time? Why would you believe that Trump will earnestly consider your interests? Why would you accede to Trump’s demands when it’s clear you can wait him out and bait him into acting rashly?
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...egotiator.html
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Althea (04-29-2017), Cypress (04-29-2017), Phantasmal (04-29-2017), Rune (04-29-2017), signalmankenneth (04-29-2017)
In business, trump always liked to 'negotiate' from a position of power. In most cases, he owed so much to the banks, he was indeed 'too big to fail'. They could either allow him to reneg on his deals, or lose everything he owed. In essence, he's used to negotiating his failures. Nothing has changed.
Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
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Althea (04-29-2017), Phantasmal (04-29-2017)
Drumpf's "business" experience was the only selling point his legion of fan boys had. Because everyone knew being a Reality TV star running for prez was a joke.
You article also highlights for me a classic mythology the American Reich Wing are inclined to propagate. Namely, the myth of the "self made billionaire"; that mythical figure known in the wingnutosphere as "the job creators!".
If we took away Drumpf's family connections, his family money, his family inheritance, and all the benefits of white privilege and his family's socio-economic status, and parachuted him into Bangladesh with a one-way ticket and nothing but the clothes on his back, do you know what would happen??
I think the hapless Drumpf would likely starve to death.
Althea (04-29-2017)
patently untrue. Trump worked the phones,and Congress in person.Having been too lazy, or too lacking in attention span, to do basic prep work, Trump then seemed to grow bored of the negotiation itself.
I blame Congress -they are such sketchy parochial characters; unable to see past their own myopic concerns
Kissinger: “demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.”
________
Cold War 2.0 Russia hysteria is turning people’s brains into guacamole.
We’ve got to find a way to snap out of the propaganda trance
________
Buddha: "trust the person who seeks truth and mistrust the person who claims he has found it "
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. All Good Children Go to Heaven
Rune (04-29-2017)
That terrible negotiator beat the pantsuits off his opponents.
That makes them losers to a terrible negotiator.
Rune (04-29-2017)
“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
― Charles Dickens
Rune (04-29-2017)
well I don't expect him to be the policy wonk - Congress and Congressional leadership should be able to do that.
I expect POTUS to do some horsetrading/ rah rah type stuff.
Dem's are much more a disciplined party,even on HC. The Repub's are the gang that can't shoot straight
Kissinger: “demonization of Vladimir Putin is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one.”
________
Cold War 2.0 Russia hysteria is turning people’s brains into guacamole.
We’ve got to find a way to snap out of the propaganda trance
________
Buddha: "trust the person who seeks truth and mistrust the person who claims he has found it "
1.2.3.4.5.6.7. All Good Children Go to Heaven
Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
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