I'm a professional negotiation consultant and expert in irrational thinking. No, this was not effective, or even competent, negotiation. Trump is, in general, a poor negotiator.https://www.quora.com/Is-Donald-Trump-a-good-negotiator/answer/Colin-McRoberts?share=eb66d00f …
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Are you denying that the most irrational negotiator has an edge?
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Yes. That is a bizarre idea, and not at all consistent with real-world negotiations. Even if we assume that Trump is employing the "madman theory" strategy, we would have to say his implementation is incompetent. The haphazard communication of these policies...
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... signals that they will not be smoothly implemented, blunting their utility as a threat. Consequently such a strategy would draw the negatives but not enjoy the positives of an aggressive play.
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Let's also pause to observe that "madman theory" is just bad negotiation. Signaling that you're an irrational negotiator is signaling that you can't be trusted, and that strategic alignment will be punished. It's a self-crippling move with negligible upsides.
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He’ll never win the presidency with such bad technique.
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Scott changed the subject.
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I think he realizes he made a silly point. Especially as we see the president negotiate poorly on a regular basis, failing to achieve goals that would be relatively simple for a competent executive--from staff retention to policy coordination.
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You misinterpreted my point by a mile and argued against your misinterpretation. We were never in the same debate apparently.
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That's as graceful an exit as I believe you're capable of. The opinion you asked for, from a professional, is that irrationally is not a very good negotiation tactic, and the "most irrational" person definitely does not have a significant edge in complex negotiations.
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Substitute unpredictable and emotional for “dropping pants” and you will see where you went off the rails.
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Replying to @ScottAdamsSays @R0NlN
Neither of those things convey a significant edge, and both have serious disadvantages. A negotiator can't be highly predictable, but trying to be exceptionally unpredictable inhibits cooperative behavior.
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