Although it is from "The Hill", this is actually a good piece written this morning:
Mulvaney on Trump, Panama Canal: It’s a negotiation
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Monday that President-elect Trump’s recent provocations about the U.S. possibly retaking control of the Panama Canal are part of a negotiating tactic to get the rates down.
Mulvaney added, however, that Trump has leverage in the negotiating process because he makes “credible” threats.
“This is a negotiation,” Mulvaney said on NewsNation’s “The Hill” about Trump’s recent Panama remarks, adding, “By the way, one of the reasons Trump is so good at negotiating is that it’s a credible threat.”
“If he says, you know, ‘Look, we’re going to have problems with Panama if they don’t lower the rates,’” Mulvaney continued, “You know, I don’t envision American troops going in to retake the canal, but you got to think that someone is out there scratching their head going, ‘Is Donald Trump crazy enough to do something like that?’”
“And it’s that viable threat that sort of gives him negotiating leverage that not a lot of other folks could ever come up with,” Mulvaney said.
On Sunday, Trump suggested to a conference of his supporters that the Panama Canal be returned to U.S. control, vowing swift action over the matter after he takes office in less than one month.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5054714-mulvaney-trump-panama-canal-negotiation/The left gets their panties in a bunch (even the women) with every utterance out of Trump's mouth that they fail to understand that he was and is a successful businessman and marketer. Let it all play out before you judge.
