Jake Tapper

two weeks, 90 days, I'm gonna do all of these deals. And I think even what we're seeing with this most recent 90 day, we're gonna do 90 deals in 90 days, countries are like, okay, I'm gonna show up, I'm gonna leave, and I'm gonna make him sweat it out because he set these fake deadlines.

Just what do you think about the way he's even handling these things just from a strategic sense based on how you would handle these types of negotiations and others in the administration you work for?

Just what do you think about the way he's even handling these things just from a strategic sense based on how you would handle these types of negotiations and others in the administration you work for?

Just what do you think about the way he's even handling these things just from a strategic sense based on how you would handle these types of negotiations and others in the administration you work for?

Well, it reminds me of this famous scene in Blazing Saddles where the sheriff holds a gun to his own head and says, you know, don't or I'll shoot. That is the effective equivalent of what setting these deadlines is all about. I couldn't agree with you more that setting that deadline, that 90-day deadline on the trade deal

Well, it reminds me of this famous scene in Blazing Saddles where the sheriff holds a gun to his own head and says, you know, don't or I'll shoot. That is the effective equivalent of what setting these deadlines is all about. I couldn't agree with you more that setting that deadline, that 90-day deadline on the trade deal

Well, it reminds me of this famous scene in Blazing Saddles where the sheriff holds a gun to his own head and says, you know, don't or I'll shoot. That is the effective equivalent of what setting these deadlines is all about. I couldn't agree with you more that setting that deadline, that 90-day deadline on the trade deal

is just upping the ante on the united states not upping the ante on our trade partners and similarly the way that president trump has approached the ukraine negotiations i think has basically taught putin that he can continue to play this out now i think we could see putin also play trump in a different way which has come to some kind of agreement around a very short-term ceasefire that gives him a lot of freedom of maneuver to keep squeezing ukraine

is just upping the ante on the united states not upping the ante on our trade partners and similarly the way that president trump has approached the ukraine negotiations i think has basically taught putin that he can continue to play this out now i think we could see putin also play trump in a different way which has come to some kind of agreement around a very short-term ceasefire that gives him a lot of freedom of maneuver to keep squeezing ukraine

is just upping the ante on the united states not upping the ante on our trade partners and similarly the way that president trump has approached the ukraine negotiations i think has basically taught putin that he can continue to play this out now i think we could see putin also play trump in a different way which has come to some kind of agreement around a very short-term ceasefire that gives him a lot of freedom of maneuver to keep squeezing ukraine

So we'll have to watch what happens in the days ahead. But President Trump has made two cardinal errors, I think, in negotiations. One is what you said, the setting of the arbitrary deadlines.

So we'll have to watch what happens in the days ahead. But President Trump has made two cardinal errors, I think, in negotiations. One is what you said, the setting of the arbitrary deadlines.

So we'll have to watch what happens in the days ahead. But President Trump has made two cardinal errors, I think, in negotiations. One is what you said, the setting of the arbitrary deadlines.

The second is giving away concessions, massive concessions, before the negotiation has even begun, which he did when he sent Secretary Hegseth to Europe to say, we're not going to let Ukraine and NATO, one of Russia's huge asks, and getting nothing in return for that.

The second is giving away concessions, massive concessions, before the negotiation has even begun, which he did when he sent Secretary Hegseth to Europe to say, we're not going to let Ukraine and NATO, one of Russia's huge asks, and getting nothing in return for that.

The second is giving away concessions, massive concessions, before the negotiation has even begun, which he did when he sent Secretary Hegseth to Europe to say, we're not going to let Ukraine and NATO, one of Russia's huge asks, and getting nothing in return for that.

And there, too, I think President Trump has shown that his capacity to negotiate effectively with someone like Vladimir Putin simply hasn't borne out.

And there, too, I think President Trump has shown that his capacity to negotiate effectively with someone like Vladimir Putin simply hasn't borne out.

And there, too, I think President Trump has shown that his capacity to negotiate effectively with someone like Vladimir Putin simply hasn't borne out.

Do you think it's inexperience, the eagerness to get a deal, the fact that they set a fake deadline so they think, wow, if we give this concession, of course the other side's going to immediately agree and the other side's like, nope, maybe you should have learned the history about how Putin negotiates and you'll know if you give an inch, he'll take your life.