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Maybe, but I doubt it. Trump is not a mafia boss - time after time he showed that his words cannot be trusted. If Harvard makes a concession, there's no guara

Maybe, but I doubt it. Trump is not a mafia boss - time after time he showed that his words cannot be trusted. If Harvard makes a concession, there's no guarantee that Trump will "forgive" it. Look how China is dealing with Trump. Trump announces tariffs, China returns Boeing planes, tariffs somehow comes down.

cozzyd 1y ago
It's too bad Barron was too dumb to enroll at Harvard so his admission couldn't be rescinded
nicoburns 1y ago
As a sovereign nation, China is in a somewhat different position than Harvard which is subject to US law.
thaumasiotes 1y ago
> Trump is not a mafia boss - time after time he showed that his words cannot be trusted. If Harvard makes a concession, there's no guarantee that Trump will "forgive" it. > Look how China is dealing with Trump. Trump announces tariffs, China returns Boeing planes, tariffs somehow comes down. Doesn't this example make the opposite of your point?
- yongjik 1y ago
  The point I'm trying to make is: if Trump bullies you, and you make a concession, Trump will feel no obligations to pay you back and may bully you further. China played hardball (up to some degree - I'm sure there were backstage talks), and that apparently made Trump "respect" China more.
jaybrendansmith 1y ago
Penn should support Harvard and publicly revoke Trump's degree. Bullies only understand force.
- QuarterReptile 1y ago
  What force does that possibly employ? When you revoke the degree of a sitting president, that costs him...?
  - staticautomatic 1y ago
    It costs him the only thing he cares about: his ego
    - QuarterReptile 1y ago
      I see two risks with your analysis. First, you generally underestimate a person if you try to distill his personality into one negative trait (or, for that matter, if you select a bunch of negative traits but assume no positive.) Second, he's still the president, so I don't see what pull the Penn degree has vs. that.
      - jaybrendansmith 1y ago
        Justice.

cozzyd 1y ago

It's too bad Barron was too dumb to enroll at Harvard so his admission couldn't be rescinded

nicoburns 1y ago

As a sovereign nation, China is in a somewhat different position than Harvard which is subject to US law.

thaumasiotes 1y ago

> Trump is not a mafia boss - time after time he showed that his words cannot be trusted. If Harvard makes a concession, there's no guarantee that Trump will "forgive" it. > Look how China is dealing with Trump. Trump announces tariffs, China returns Boeing planes, tariffs somehow comes down. Doesn't this example make the opposite of your point?

yongjik 1y ago
The point I'm trying to make is: if Trump bullies you, and you make a concession, Trump will feel no obligations to pay you back and may bully you further. China played hardball (up to some degree - I'm sure there were backstage talks), and that apparently made Trump "respect" China more.

jaybrendansmith 1y ago

Penn should support Harvard and publicly revoke Trump's degree. Bullies only understand force.

QuarterReptile 1y ago
What force does that possibly employ? When you revoke the degree of a sitting president, that costs him...?
- staticautomatic 1y ago
  It costs him the only thing he cares about: his ego
  - QuarterReptile 1y ago
    I see two risks with your analysis. First, you generally underestimate a person if you try to distill his personality into one negative trait (or, for that matter, if you select a bunch of negative traits but assume no positive.) Second, he's still the president, so I don't see what pull the Penn degree has vs. that.
    - jaybrendansmith 1y ago
      Justice.