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> He doesn't take options off the table because it automatically weakens your negotiation position. With the notable exception of dealing with Russia... See t
by phatfish 1y ago
> He doesn't take options off the table because it automatically weakens your negotiation position.
With the notable exception of dealing with Russia...
See the recent threat to allow Ukraine use of Tomahawk missiles. Taken off the table after Putin made a hurried call, and now Putin has lost interest in negotiations, again.
Trump has success "negotiating" with a regional terror group already almost bombed out of existence. He seems to blink first rather a lot when faced with an actual danger to the US.
- chrisco255 1y agoHe hasn't taken any option off the table with Russia. He's applying economic pressure by placing large tariffs on countries that trade openly with Russia, he's floating the Tomahawks to let Putin know we'll just keep beefing up Ukrainian weaponry, etc. I think he's hesitant to activate, say, B2 bombers like he did in Iran, but Russia remains a huge nuclear power so it obviously has to be treated differently, no one wants World War III.