Trump’s lousy dealmaking
https://undergroundnewzinc.blogspot.com/2019/01/trumps-lousy-dealmaking.html
... Worse for Trump, he’s actually losing support among his so-called base, including evangelicals and suburban men. His overall approval rating, which has hovered in the mid-40% range, is now in the 30s in polls by Gallup, YouGov and others. The deep irony is that Trump is wielding his negotiating stick against himself.
Other Trump negotiating efforts have been less public. We don’t know much about how he and his team are working with the North Koreans to downsize the regime’s nuclear weapons program, or with the Chinese to improve market access in China for American exporters. But if he’s demanding everything and offering nothing, like he is in the shutdown fiasco, the result will be similar: needless damage and nothing to show for it.
Trump’s lousy dealmaking
https://undergroundnewzinc.blogspot.com/2019/01/trumps-lousy-dealmaking.html