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by Sabinus 12 days ago
Trump 'aggressively renegotiating' existing deals, like this completed bridge, or the USMCA, is not good for the confidence of future counter-parties to US agreements.
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Doesn’t really matter if the endgame is nuclear extortion.
Running your world empire as a NYC real estate company.
Or an Atlantic City casino.
I mean why not?

It got him a presidency, twice. It's clearly an effective strategy in our capitalistic society and if you feel otherwise let me know how many 0 Billions you've grifted from your job over the past year.

Right, I bet you also refrain from commenting on sports because you don't have the same stats as NBA/NFL/MLS players.
In the short term, in the long term everyone else loses confidence in the country to be a good actor.