The thing about the steam catapults is super revealing in how Trump latches onto a single issue with no context or expertise.
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You don't know what seed will take root. But it's trivial to plant many. So you plant a bunch of non-problem seeds and wait.
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Now, these seeds would be meaningless or near meaningless giveaways. But you turn them into the biggest fucking deal.
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He wants his goddamn steam catapult. So now you can inflate the cost of that bargaining chip however you want.
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"Well, Mr. President, we can get you that steam catapult. But it's hard because of [insert thing you wouldn't ordinarily get]."
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This is like Dunning-Kruger on hyperdrive. It's proxy understanding. And if you can seed it with a fight you don't care about...
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then it's just leverage for one you do. For someone who claims he's amazing at deals, he's actually quite bad.
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And the fact that he does this publicly is just a boon for other countries. Normally this stuff requires tons of opponent research.
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But nope. Just wait for Twitter. Good grief.
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