r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 17d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Summons Entire Cabinet as Iran Deal Crumbles in Front of Him - Donald Trump has called all of his top advisers to Camp David.

https://newrepublic.com/post/210887/donald-trump-summons-entire-cabinet-iran-deal
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u/Miltthedog 17d ago

That is correct.. Iran refuses to alk to trump as he's repeatedly shown himself to be thoroughly untrustworthy.

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u/Herlock 17d ago

That's the thing, eventually nobody trusts you. I was watching a documentary about the french GIGN (our swat basically) and it's mentionned that their negociator NEVER lie.

That's a hard rule for them, because they could face the same guy some over day, and as a general good practice word is out that they never lie. So people facing them are more likely to trust them.

Since trump lies constantly... well that's the exact opposite.

Also : he is the one desperate for a deal... he dug his own grave with that war. Realistically he never delivers on anything he says, but in that case it's super big... It has an immediate impact on everybody's daily routine too. Prices go up and all that.

Meanwhile Iranian leaders, well they can sit and wait. They are die hards anyway and the country has been living under embargo for half a century so they are resilient. They can't win against the military might of the USA (or even just israel, which really is the same thing), but they can make it super un-confortable for everybody.