| This was well described during his first term, https://soylentnews.org/politics/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=..., quoting TFA: As far as I can tell, the process for playing the president like a fiddle goes like this: 1. Start a conflict where he feels like he can't just bully his way out of it with his usual combination of threats and childish insults. 2. Get him emotionally invested in getting a deal. He won't care whether the deal is any good, just that there is one. 3. In the negotiations, tell him what you want in a way that it sounds like you're making concessions. In fact, you're getting exactly what you want. 4. Let him announce it as a big win for himself. Let him think that he got what he wanted and is the greatest negotiator ever. 5. Periodically send him notes or phone calls telling him how awesome you think he is. Kim Jong Un did exactly this. So did Xi Jinping. So probably did Vladimir Putin. And I suspect other world leaders have taken note. ^^ This ^^ was in 2020. You can now add the IRGC to the list at the end. |