Trump wants all of the leaders of the world to kiss his ass and make a deal. Tariffs are about the only cudgel he has short of using the military.

zeagle 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He doesn't want a deal for the US, he wants to personally profit from it.

	▲	euroderf 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This. It's why "unitary executive" is so attractive - he can extend his tendrils into every nook & cranny of policy (foreign and other) to personally monetize it.

But make a deal on what? He literally signed the current deal we have with Canada?

That makes me think that what he really wants is either a bribe

Donald has made more money on the presidency than every president before him combined, then add an order of magnitude of wealth on top of that.

	▲	burnt-resistor 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's the Putinification of the Presidency playbook. Too big to jail.