June 29, 2026 at 12:13 PM
You guys just don't understand how dealmaking works, unlike President Deals here.
Q: Have you rejected the latest proposal from Iran?
TRUMP: I looked at it, and if I don't like the first sentence I just throw it away
Q: What was the first sentence
TRUMP: An unacceptable sentence. If they have any nuclear in any form, I don't read the rest
TRUMP: I looked at it, and if I don't like the first sentence I just throw it away
Q: What was the first sentence
TRUMP: An unacceptable sentence. If they have any nuclear in any form, I don't read the rest
May 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
You guys just don't understand how dealmaking works, unlike President Deals here.
Washington attempts dealmaking, Moscow sticks with warmaking
"This compulsive dealmaking won't put an end to Russian warmaking. To a Moscow-centered predatory empire, accommodation is encouragement," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in this op-ed.
"This compulsive dealmaking won't put an end to Russian warmaking. To a Moscow-centered predatory empire, accommodation is encouragement," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in this op-ed.
Washington attempts dealmaking, Moscow sticks with warmaking
"I can't die now. I still need to do the Russia sanctions," Lindsey Graham joked hours before his passing.
Nine weeks later, the bill bearing his name became law with the U.S. president's signature. ...
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September 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Washington attempts dealmaking, Moscow sticks with warmaking
"This compulsive dealmaking won't put an end to Russian warmaking. To a Moscow-centered predatory empire, accommodation is encouragement," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in this op-ed.
"This compulsive dealmaking won't put an end to Russian warmaking. To a Moscow-centered predatory empire, accommodation is encouragement," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in this op-ed.
But only if you adopt Trump’s definition of dealmaking. Blackmail is not dealmaking. Dealmaking is push & pull between at least 2 engaged parties seeking to advance their interests. In Trump world there is no interest in the other party. It’s just Trump & his ego & impulses.
August 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
But only if you adopt Trump’s definition of dealmaking. Blackmail is not dealmaking. Dealmaking is push & pull between at least 2 engaged parties seeking to advance their interests. In Trump world there is no interest in the other party. It’s just Trump & his ego & impulses.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
David Frum on Twitter:
"Regular reminder that Donald Trump’s core competency is not dealmaking with powerful counter-parties. It is duping gullible victims."
"Regular reminder that Donald Trump’s core competency is not dealmaking with powerful counter-parties. It is duping gullible victims."
May 24, 2026 at 12:45 PM
David Frum on Twitter:
"Regular reminder that Donald Trump’s core competency is not dealmaking with powerful counter-parties. It is duping gullible victims."
"Regular reminder that Donald Trump’s core competency is not dealmaking with powerful counter-parties. It is duping gullible victims."
trashing america’s reputational capital will undermine any benefits from tariffs/dealmaking.
April 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
trashing america’s reputational capital will undermine any benefits from tariffs/dealmaking.
The U.S. is losing its credibility on the global stage, Vivek Viswanathan argues. How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy:
The Art of the Decline
How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy
bit.ly
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The U.S. is losing its credibility on the global stage, Vivek Viswanathan argues. How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy:
Is Trump living in an alternate reality? @katiephang.bsky.social breaks down how Trump's claims of dealmaking are unraveling in her final open for the #KatiePhangShow
April 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Is Trump living in an alternate reality? @katiephang.bsky.social breaks down how Trump's claims of dealmaking are unraveling in her final open for the #KatiePhangShow
The U.S. is losing its credibility on the global stage, Vivek Viswanathan argues. How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy:
The Art of the Decline
How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy
bit.ly
September 30, 2025 at 5:15 AM
The U.S. is losing its credibility on the global stage, Vivek Viswanathan argues. How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy:
The U.S. is losing its credibility on the global stage, Vivek Viswanathan argues. How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy:
The Art of the Decline
How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy
bit.ly
September 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The U.S. is losing its credibility on the global stage, Vivek Viswanathan argues. How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy:
The U.S. is losing its credibility on the global stage, Vivek Viswanathan argues. How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy:
The Art of the Decline
How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy
bit.ly
September 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The U.S. is losing its credibility on the global stage, Vivek Viswanathan argues. How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy:
The best case scenario is that this is a stock shorting scheme, and in a week, there will be masterful (non-existent) "dealmaking" that removes the tariffs after the billionaires buy the dip causing a massive transfer of wealth.
That's the *best* case scenario.
That's the *best* case scenario.
April 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The best case scenario is that this is a stock shorting scheme, and in a week, there will be masterful (non-existent) "dealmaking" that removes the tariffs after the billionaires buy the dip causing a massive transfer of wealth.
That's the *best* case scenario.
That's the *best* case scenario.
The U.S. is losing its credibility on the global stage, Vivek Viswanathan argues. How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy:
The Art of the Decline
How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy
bit.ly
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The U.S. is losing its credibility on the global stage, Vivek Viswanathan argues. How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy:
Every Republican will talk about Trump's savvy dealmaking rather than admit the Emperor has no clothes
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Trump: "An old fashioned term that we use -- groceries. I used it on the campaign. It's such an old fashioned term, but a beautiful term. Groceries. It says a bag with different things in it."
April 2, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Every Republican will talk about Trump's savvy dealmaking rather than admit the Emperor has no clothes
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Master of dealmaking? "Sign this deal, or else..." is not dealmaking. It is bullying.
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Master of dealmaking? "Sign this deal, or else..." is not dealmaking. It is bullying.
I’m starting to think dealmaking President Deals McDealmaker may not be all that good at deals.
June 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I’m starting to think dealmaking President Deals McDealmaker may not be all that good at deals.
Credible commitments are the essence of dealmaking. Trump & Repubs cannot make credible commitments.
October 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Credible commitments are the essence of dealmaking. Trump & Repubs cannot make credible commitments.
Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking | Timothy Garton Ash
Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking | Timothy Garton Ash
As the US and its European allies head to the Munich security conference, Europe must learn from its tragic history and oppose appeasement, writes Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Trump’s senseless capitulation to Putin is a betrayal of Ukraine – and terrible dealmaking | Timothy Garton Ash
Trump tariffs cut off recovery in private equity dealmaking on.ft.com/4kMySS2
Trump tariffs cut off recovery in private equity dealmaking
Long-awaited rebound has reversed since ‘liberation day’ announcements, according to Bain & Company
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June 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Trump tariffs cut off recovery in private equity dealmaking on.ft.com/4kMySS2
I know he doesn’t believe in bipartisan dealmaking, but he better get used to it
January 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I know he doesn’t believe in bipartisan dealmaking, but he better get used to it
Exhausted lawmakers are choosing retirement over bipartisan dealmaking that their own parties clearly don't want.
Moderates flee Congress as bipartisan dealmaking crumbles
Exhausted lawmakers are choosing retirement over bipartisan dealmaking that their own parties clearly don't want.
www.axios.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Exhausted lawmakers are choosing retirement over bipartisan dealmaking that their own parties clearly don't want.
“Consumate dealmaking expertise”
I eyerolled so hard, I strained my skull...
I eyerolled so hard, I strained my skull...
December 27, 2024 at 10:25 PM
“Consumate dealmaking expertise”
I eyerolled so hard, I strained my skull...
I eyerolled so hard, I strained my skull...
The stupidest dealmaker on Earth needs to go back to dealmaking school.
June 15, 2026 at 1:07 PM
The stupidest dealmaker on Earth needs to go back to dealmaking school.
“The irony is that while Trump has taken pride in being neither polite nor orderly, the decline in America’s position has been swifter than nearly anyone imagined”
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
The Art of the Decline
How Trump’s dealmaking has degraded American foreign policy
www.theatlantic.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“The irony is that while Trump has taken pride in being neither polite nor orderly, the decline in America’s position has been swifter than nearly anyone imagined”
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...