Jason Buttrell

It's because the style is transactional. It's business. You're never going to get anywhere with some of these countries and get anything pulled off like the Abraham Accords. When you come in and say, look, I'm directing these negotiations. Why? Because we're the United States of effing America. Yeah, and we're better than you. And we're so much better than you. That gets nowhere.

You get nothing done. But what does get done is when you say, look, this is what you can get. This is what we want. Can we meet in the middle? Barack Obama would have called this pragmatic.

You get nothing done. But what does get done is when you say, look, this is what you can get. This is what we want. Can we meet in the middle? Barack Obama would have called this pragmatic.

You get nothing done. But what does get done is when you say, look, this is what you can get. This is what we want. Can we meet in the middle? Barack Obama would have called this pragmatic.

I hate how he does. So allies do not mean marriage for life. No. That's the same thing. I'm going to say the thing that's going to piss off a lot of people right now. But NATO. is a temporary alliance, not marriage for life. True.

I hate how he does. So allies do not mean marriage for life. No. That's the same thing. I'm going to say the thing that's going to piss off a lot of people right now. But NATO. is a temporary alliance, not marriage for life. True.

I hate how he does. So allies do not mean marriage for life. No. That's the same thing. I'm going to say the thing that's going to piss off a lot of people right now. But NATO. is a temporary alliance, not marriage for life. True.

That's what it is.

That's what it is.

That's what it is.

Exactly.

Exactly.

Exactly.

But stating the obvious in a negotiation like that is not going to get you anywhere. It's gonna get you the stagnation that you've had before. And then the whole thing, like you mentioned, being mean to our allies, which again, irritates me when I hear people talk like that, because what else are you supposed to do when you've had this marriage that you're never supposed to negotiate?

But stating the obvious in a negotiation like that is not going to get you anywhere. It's gonna get you the stagnation that you've had before. And then the whole thing, like you mentioned, being mean to our allies, which again, irritates me when I hear people talk like that, because what else are you supposed to do when you've had this marriage that you're never supposed to negotiate?

But stating the obvious in a negotiation like that is not going to get you anywhere. It's gonna get you the stagnation that you've had before. And then the whole thing, like you mentioned, being mean to our allies, which again, irritates me when I hear people talk like that, because what else are you supposed to do when you've had this marriage that you're never supposed to negotiate?

You constantly get taken advantage of in the global stage. So him being mean, when I see it, is him looking at a group of countries that are still operating on a system that was built post-World War II, where he's saying like, okay,

You constantly get taken advantage of in the global stage. So him being mean, when I see it, is him looking at a group of countries that are still operating on a system that was built post-World War II, where he's saying like, okay,

You constantly get taken advantage of in the global stage. So him being mean, when I see it, is him looking at a group of countries that are still operating on a system that was built post-World War II, where he's saying like, okay,

I know I'm supposed to be absolutely nice here, but why do you have, like, 50% more tariffs on, like, automobiles, and we're getting screwed when we try to... How is that fair when it's built up with a system that helps you on reconstruction after World War II?