Friday, June 1, 2018

'So much for Trump as genius': Conservative WSJ editorial drops the hammer on president's trade blunders

'So much for Trump as genius': Conservative WSJ editorial drops the hammer on president's trade blunders: The conservative Wall Street Journal’s editorial page on Friday published a scathing editorial attacking President Donald Trump’s decision to slap key American allies with hefty tariffs on steel and aluminum. “So much for Donald Trump as genius deal-maker,” the editorial begins. “We are supposed to believe his tariff threats are a clever negotiation strategy, but on Thursday he revealed he’s merely an old-fashioned protectionist.” The editorial goes on to slam the president for hitting Canada, …

Former associates confess what a horrible deal-maker Trump was -- who regularly botched his own negotiations

Former associates confess what a horrible deal-maker Trump was -- who regularly botched his own negotiations: Even the conservative Wall Street Journal has figured out that President Donald Trump isn’t the master negotiator he’s long branded himself as — but Trump’s former business associates say they’ve known Trump was bad at making deals for years. Jack O’Donnell, a former Trump casino executive, tells Politico that Trump’s typical negotiating style is to act, as the publication puts it, as a “for-show tough guy.” However, when it comes to the details of negotiating, …

'So much for Trump as genius': Conservative WSJ editorial drops the hammer on president's trade blunders

'So much for Trump as genius': Conservative WSJ editorial drops the hammer on president's trade blunders : The conservative Wall...