Negotiation Prowess News Today

So, gene, your latest piece for "the washington post" is entitled "above all else trumpb" you write "imagine going a month without a paycheck, imagine lining up the bills and deciding which get paid and which dont, mortgage or rent, electricity, heating. all of these hardships and many more are being inflicted on hard working public servants for no earthly reason. trump made federal workers and other citizens who depend on government services into sack official lambs whose blood is an offering t...

Amazing piece, "trump made federal workers and other citizens who depend on government services into sacrificial lambs whose blood is an offering to the trumpist base. negotiations about a solution are at a standstill because trumps self-proclaimed negotiation prowess comes down to taunts and tweets. the next time you take a flight, hope the agents who inspected passengers luggage and the traffic controllers who guide pilots through the sky are thinking about their work. not worrying about how t...

One is youre still having american citizens being detained in north korea, held against their will. thats one thing to keep in mind. and it was just a few days ago where president trump wouldnt rule out some kind of military action. >> he said we could see a major, major conflict. but the question is how -- now hes praising kim jong-un. hes saying hed be honored to meet kim jung-un. do you think the president believes his negotiation skills could solve this conflict in north korea, just his busi...

Hes saying hed be honored to meet him. do you think the president believes his negotiation skills could solve his conflict? >> on the one hand, the president gives those kind of signals all the time, hes knowing to bring a new level of negotiation prowess. on the other hand, hes said he learned a lot about north korea and china and the problems in asia that he didnt understand before he was president. the president has actually put together a pretty solid national security team. h.r. mcmaster no...