Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Architect Date:   9/16/2016 10:06:09 AM

I gather from your response that you have never been in tough negotiation.  There are many strategies to deal with a difficult negotiation.  I know you have never worked in Washington, but the adage that when someone asks you a tough question you don't want to answer, answer one that you do want to talk about.  But you have to negotiate from a position of strength.  When the negotiation turns in a way that you are not comfortable with, sometimes you terminate the discussion and walk away, and this lets the other side know that you will not go there.  While you always aim for a fair deal, you never apologize and slink away.  You stand your ground. 

Trump does a lot of posturing, which I assume he does to let world leaders know that the U.S. apology tour will be over if he is elected.  Remember, you have to start strong and you can back off later.  (this also works when you are a manager, BTW)  But one thing you never do is draw a line in the sand and not do what you say you will do when it is crossed. That is not coming from a position of strength. 

You don't know what Hilary might do, any more than we can be 100% sure of what Trump will do.  But no doubt you remember "mutual inihation (not sure about that spelling)"  I know that you like to paint him as a maniac, but I'm not concerned in the least about him having the nuclear codes.  And he grew up during the cold war, just like we did. But it is always a good idea to let potential enemies think that you are willing to go toe-to-toe with them.  And I feel confident that Trump will never be disrespected the way the Chinese and the President of the Phillipines will never disrespect Trump as they so recently did to Obama.  And Obama didn't stand up - so he lost "face" points for not only himself, but for the whole country.  People like to say that Trump doesn't understand foreign policy, but guess what?  Neither does Obama and neither does Hilary, because they would never lose face like that have, if they did.