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wnylib

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18. Trump's concept of being the great dealmaker

Wed May 6, 2026, 11:25 PM

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that he's always bragged about is bullying people with threats and being unpredictable in his demands and reactions to events. That only works with people who can be intimidated or who have less money or have no one to stand by them.

Iran is not intimidated. They have money. They have allies. Trump's bullying method of making deals is not working.

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The Saudis are now telling us to fuck off [View all] CatWoman 12 hrs ago OP

Chaos leadership. This country made mistakes in the past, but nothing like this. Baitball Blogger 11 hrs ago #1

Trump Reportedly Backed Off Hormuz Plan After Angry Response From Allies CatWoman 11 hrs ago #2

Operation "I Just Pulled It Out of My Ass and You Must Do It Right Now" dalton99a 11 hrs ago #3

Exactly. Fuck the Orwellian "freedom" Cha 10 hrs ago #14

Because I'm the King of the World COL Mustard 10 hrs ago #19

Just making it up as he goes D_Master81 11 hrs ago #4

The man has the childlike brain of a two-year-old. sheshe2 11 hrs ago #5

what a clusterfuck Skittles 11 hrs ago #6

There's that amazing organizational skill so admired by a Trump voter in The Villages. 🙄 tanyev 11 hrs ago #7

Hopefully he's a retired lawyer rpannier 10 hrs ago #15

I'm assuming Hannan worked for Dewey Cheatem & Howe. NoMoreRepugs 10 hrs ago #17

Ha ha, really laughed at this. a kennedy 5 min ago #38

James Carville says 20% of Americans are fucking idiots Zorro 9 hrs ago #27

Yep, and we should go after the 90 million that didn't vote instead. Screw the morons, let them waller in their hate n/t Cheezoholic 2 hrs ago #36

pig's "organizational skill" Grokenstein 8 hrs ago #33

True. The article doesn't specify what kind of lawyer Mr. Hannan was. tanyev 7 min ago #37

Could the imbeciles in the White House look any smaller Prairie Gates 11 hrs ago #8

it's the ART OF THE DEAL, Prairie Gates! Skittles 9 hrs ago #23

Meidas on this Amaryllis 11 hrs ago #9

Trump's concept of being the great dealmaker wnylib 10 hrs ago #18

He actually expressed that, the first time he ran for President. calimary 9 hrs ago #29

It's standard behavior for authoritarians . wnylib 9 hrs ago #31

But he'll lie about it as usual. Gawd i so despise this piece of shit. a kennedy 3 min ago #39

I don't understand how the stock market and oil markets respond almost instantly ToxMarz 11 hrs ago #10

We sure as hell LilElf70 11 hrs ago #11

When it comes to cards COL Mustard 10 hrs ago #22

I heard the Saudis ENCOURAGED him to bomb Iran. Now they're not happy with the way things are going? How could they be Fil1957 11 hrs ago #12

I thought the crown prince and trump were best buds? vapor2 11 hrs ago #13

They were. But that was before Trump started messing with their money. The video explians it pretty well. They don't Amaryllis 10 hrs ago #21

But what about the Big Red White And Blue Dome Of Freedom? hatrack 10 hrs ago #16

Ironic that the Republicans' Project for the New American Century betsuni 10 hrs ago #20

Probably no relationship but . . . AverageOldGuy 9 hrs ago #24

Bonesaw helped elect this fool. So fk him Hassler 9 hrs ago #25

Did they think of the plan that morning? Melon 9 hrs ago #26

What I don't see in any of this commentary is ... Bluetus 9 hrs ago #28

Yeah. Keep 'em guessing. jeffreyi 9 hrs ago #30

Stable Genius at work Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 9 hrs ago #32

Kuwait as well. ruet 8 hrs ago #34

Impeach & remove F47 from office ASAP 0rganism 8 hrs ago #35