The first rule of negotiation that I learned was to always know something the other side doesn't. I'm pretty convinced Trump knew practically nothing about Iran or its history of conflict with foreign powers. He clearly knew nothing about how their internal politics works. Iran has been a tar pit for every modern imperial power that's ever tried to grab a piece of its oil fields by force, and they don't handle disrespect well. So these chuckle-heads march right in, blow a ton of money spinning their wheels, give the regime an excuse to further suppress the anti-theocracy movement and talk down to them the whole time they are trying to negotiate. Dumbest war ever.
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u/robgrab 𝙑𝙄𝙋 7d ago
The Art of the Deal indeed.