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Trump can't make any deals. He's the worst negotiator ever.
If he doesn't get what he wants, he abandons the carrot and goes for the stick in round one of negotiations. He doesn't have the mental toolkit to deal with people who are on a whole different level of intelligence and knowledge on the art of international trade. So at the first sign of resistance, he turtles up and says "my way or nothing". It's a guy playing checkers against chess players. He's probably playing more at a tic tac toe level.
In a trade deal, BOTH sides have to get something worthwhile. It's not about winners and losers. This is where the man is so fucking one dimensional and simple minded. Everything is a zero sum game to him where the only good outcome is that he gets everything and the other side gets nothing.
look at the way he acted (as an example) with Pelosi and Schumer in that meeting where he walked out as soon as Pelosi showed her claws. He couldn't deal with it because he's dealing with an adult person who can outsmart him on her worst day.
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