72 Hours Later, ‘Art Of The Deal’ Produces $1.8 Trillion Concession

Less than 72 hours after declaring, in a series of irritated tweets, that stimulus talks between The White House and Democrats were dead, Donald Trump offered to throw his support behind a $1.8 trillion spending package. The new proposal, to be communicated to Nancy Pelosi by Steve Mnuchin on Friday afternoon, marks the culmination of what can very fairly be described as an absurd, if welcome, about-face from the president. Trump began backtracking almost immediately on Tuesday evening after h

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14 thoughts on “72 Hours Later, ‘Art Of The Deal’ Produces $1.8 Trillion Concession

      1. What kind of deal did Trump get when he sold the allied Kurds down the river? What did he get in return? He is a dangerous moron.

        1. Yeah, selling out the Kurds.

          Can’t hardly imagine doing any better at negotiating the decline of American, hegemonic power. It’s been a fall so far in such a short time, well, it’s almost like we lost a war and we made concessions.

  1. ā€œSome believe the president was acting irrationally on Tuesday due in part to side effects from his COVID-19 treatments, some of which he described as a ā€œcureā€ on Friday.ā€

    ER doctors have a name for erratic behavior induced by steroid overdose: ā€˜roid rage.

  2. My perception is that the Chinese took Trump to the cleaners on the trade deal. I don’t know..what’s the word? Outflanked maybe? Played? Duped? Incompetent in diplomacy with a rising super power?

    Seems like the Russians, Turks, and Iranians, have gotten the upper hand on him in all the negotiations he’s had engaged in with these parties. Of course, with the Russians, he’s not engaging in negotiations, but rather taking orders. Just my perceptions from reading the news and paying attention the last three and half years.

  3. I can imagine this deal is just a bit of theater to distract from his sickness. I will be watching out for news or tapes from rallies to confirm/deny my suspicion that he is much sicker than he lets on. I suspect he sleeps more than 16 hours per day.

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