108 Trump just showed us the Art of the Deal live as he pushed for 200 billion instead of 100 billion from the SoftBank CEO into the American economy. Imagine seeing Obama, Biden, or any Democrat pushing this hard for America first. It would never happen. (twitter.com) posted 13 days ago by purkiss80 13 days ago by purkiss80 +108 / -0 11 comments share 11 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Japanese culture has a thing about saving face. Once Trump threw out the 200bn request, the CEO was about to choke. Trump knew the CEO couldn't say 'no' because he would look weak. Kind of a dirty move, imo.
He grew up in New York, notoriously cutthroat in relestate business and negotiations. Again, good negotiation skills.