Jake Tapper

I think the technical term is ass backwards.

I think the technical term is ass backwards.

I think the technical term is ass backwards.

Jake, you've had the rare vantage point of actually being in the rooms with these foreign leaders, being involved at the literal highest level of negotiations with them. In my past career, I did negotiations for endorsement deals and things like that. But even in my negotiations, you would know you never set arbitrary deadlines

Jake, you've had the rare vantage point of actually being in the rooms with these foreign leaders, being involved at the literal highest level of negotiations with them. In my past career, I did negotiations for endorsement deals and things like that. But even in my negotiations, you would know you never set arbitrary deadlines

Jake, you've had the rare vantage point of actually being in the rooms with these foreign leaders, being involved at the literal highest level of negotiations with them. In my past career, I did negotiations for endorsement deals and things like that. But even in my negotiations, you would know you never set arbitrary deadlines

against yourself that you can't meet because if you can't meet it and you miss it once and then you show that you're not going to stand by those deadlines your adversary in the negotiation starts to look at you and go oh got it this is a clown i'm playing with someone who's just doing this as a game and they're not very serious at the highest level with geopolitical security implications this seems to be it doesn't seem to be like this is his stick 30 days

against yourself that you can't meet because if you can't meet it and you miss it once and then you show that you're not going to stand by those deadlines your adversary in the negotiation starts to look at you and go oh got it this is a clown i'm playing with someone who's just doing this as a game and they're not very serious at the highest level with geopolitical security implications this seems to be it doesn't seem to be like this is his stick 30 days

against yourself that you can't meet because if you can't meet it and you miss it once and then you show that you're not going to stand by those deadlines your adversary in the negotiation starts to look at you and go oh got it this is a clown i'm playing with someone who's just doing this as a game and they're not very serious at the highest level with geopolitical security implications this seems to be it doesn't seem to be like this is his stick 30 days

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.

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.

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