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Renew Deal

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5. Trump is incapable of making a deal

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 10:34 AM

18 hrs ago

He sees any compromise as weakness so he is incapable of getting anything done. This is especially obvious with the Iran situation where people now know his threats are toothless.

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Gee, all that failure in China. Two rows of men staring at each other and [View all] Baitball Blogger 20 hrs ago OP

As I heard on NPR, Trump IS their China desk underpants 20 hrs ago #1

Failure for the US. Not for China. paleotn 20 hrs ago #2

It's disgusting & infuriating that not one woman was there!! CrispyQ 19 hrs ago #3

Only Lara Trump: dalton99a 18 hrs ago #6

Even Steven Cheung went to China with Trump, and attended the high-level meetings with Chinese President Xi. sop 18 hrs ago #9

Sausage party. OGBuzz 18 hrs ago #4

Trump is incapable of making a deal Renew Deal 18 hrs ago #5

And how much of our *%!$ing money did this vacation cost us ??? Gaytano70 18 hrs ago #7

Boeing stock dropped after Trump said he made a deal and "Sold a lot of big ones." Swede 18 hrs ago #8

Trump's idea of a deal is when the other side capitulates, and he gets everything he wants. patphil 17 hrs ago #10

Did trump stay awake ? republianmushroom 17 hrs ago #11

Since the Felon's 2nd term began it has not been about the Nation's business. Buddyzbuddy 16 hrs ago #12

So true. A game of three dimensional chess is taking place and most of it is being Baitball Blogger 16 hrs ago #13

Even when he's in the room, he's not in the room. Buddyzbuddy 13 hrs ago #15

Too many men GenThePerservering 14 hrs ago #14