Biden approval rating at 39% amid economic fears; 47% 'strongly disapprove': USA TODAY/Suffolk poll

[Pattaya Spotter]

5 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Can't help but wonder if Biden and his supporters feel embarrassed after mocking Trump for walking carefully down a slippery ramp? How many times has Biden actually fallen over now, and this latest wiping out on a bike!? You couldn't make this stuff up. And if you are trying to portray a narrative saying Biden is mentally OK and no cognitive problems his inability to walk and bicycle does not help the argument at all.

 

"Biden poked fun at Trump last September, months after the former president was filmed gingerly walking down a ramp following his commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy. Trump critics, including the Lincoln Project, later used the footage in social media posts and ads questioning his fitness.

"Look at how he steps and look how I step," Biden said at the time. "Watch how I run up ramps and he stumbles down ramps."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-comment-mocking-trump-walking-president-stumbles-air-force-one

Isn't this the guy who was challenging voters to push-ups contests and what not during the 2020 election ????

[spidermike007]

38 minutes ago, nauseus said:

Can you add some completely unbiased links to your claims of failed negotiations please? 

I can try. But, you will say they are biased, as most Trump supporters argue. Nonetheless there is alot to support my argument that Trump is, was, and always has been a terrible negotiator. The art of the deal is all fiction. 

 

It is at the very core of his appeal. Since Donald Trump’s improbable run to the White House began in 2015, the real estate magnate has managed to win over U.S. voters—even many who allow they don’t like him personally—by arguing that he’s a master negotiator who will swing a lot of new deals for the American people. But as the third anniversary of the president’s election approaches, evidence is mounting that Trump has mastered very little internationally. On the contrary, his various high-profile efforts at restarting negotiations with China, Iran, North Korea and other nations have—at least since the signing of his much-mocked makeover of NAFTA in 2018—all run aground. And this week Trump proved himself a dubious dealmaker yet again. He called off his visit to a close U.S. ally, Denmark—a country with a prime minister who’s also a natural political ally, because she’s as anti-immigrant as he is—ostensibly because the Danes refused to consider selling him Greenland (which, technically, may not be Denmark’s to sell anyway, since it is a semi-autonomous territory with its own prime minister).

 

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/21/why-trump-cant-make-deals-international-negotiations/

 

What can we take away from these negotiation sagas?

Impulsivity is not a negotiating strategy. Trump’s undermining of his team’s negotiating strategy with the WHO made his administration look confused and disorganized. Get your negotiating team on the same page— and make sure you stay there.

 

Threaten only as a last resort. As was the case in his dealings with the WHO, Trump’s go-to negotiating strategy, the threat, has usually backfired, with counterparts calling his bluff, ignoring him, or escalating hostilities. It’s Negotiation 101: Threats should be considered only when all else has failed.

 

Don’t underestimate weaker parties. Trump’s attempts to override the opinions of FDA scientists so antagonized them that they became willing to work around him, even resorting to subterfuge. Powerful parties who underestimate underlings and other seemingly weak counterparts do so at their own peril.

 

https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/crisis-negotiations/negotiation-in-the-news-last-negotiating-moves-from-a-never-boring-president-nb/

 

Donald Trump plays hardball a bit more than necessary, probably because he comes from an old–school perspective. Uber–competitive tactics do not foster long-term collaborative partnerships in business – but it is his style, that is obvious. There were also strategies and behaviors that Trump missed in his 11 Key Elements  – skills that can be invaluable to a negotiator. Finally, I give Trump a PASS in Negotiating Fundamentals, but I would say he is a low B student.

 

https://www.watershedassociates.com/negotiationblog/donald-trumps-art-deal-whats-his-final-grade

 

 

[ozimoron]

Editorial: Pence's jeopardy and Trump's corruption were even worse than America knew

 

The fact that Pence refused to play that role should make him a hero to true conservatives. But instead, polls continue to show that, on the political right, Trump remains the far more popular of the two, with numerous other GOP candidates continuing to support and emulate him. There may be no greater evidence of the deep and dangerous dysfunction that afflicts today’s Republican Party.

 

https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-pences-jeopardy-and-trumps-corruption-were-even-worse-than-america-knew/article_3ec97ad4-cdec-5d9e-94f2-114318ba3781.html

[bocaBob]

9 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Editorial: Pence's jeopardy and Trump's corruption were even worse than America knew

 Be assured Biden is his own worse enemy and his poll numbers are likely to erode further as the American public wises up to his con job.

[bocaBob]

9 hours ago, ozimoron said:

There may be no greater evidence of the deep and dangerous dysfunction that afflicts today’s Republican Party.

 

“The Republican issue advantages are larger and, importantly, on the top issue. They are preferred on inflation (R+19 points), border security (R+19), crime (R+13), and foreign policy (R+8).”

 

FOX News Link

 

 

[ozimoron]

70% of poll respondents think it's very or somewhat important to investigate Jan 6.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-more-voters-trust-republicans-handle-inflation-crime

[Scott]

A post with unapproved source has been reported and removed.  

 

[JensenZ]

On 6/18/2022 at 2:08 PM, spidermike007 said:

Biden has not been impressive. I say that as a democrat. Not a liberal, by any means, but a Dem. In his defense, he did inherit a boatload of problems, from the orange one. And the democratic party is very broken. But, then again so is the GOP. 

 

This is exactly the excuse we constantly hear from Biden - blaming everyone else, especially Trump, and now Putin.

 

Biden has been an absolute disaster. Who are the 39% that approve of him? I've seen a lot of polls putting him in the 20 percentile. This pole was kind to him. It would be hard to believe that even 20% approve.

 

[bocaBob]

4 hours ago, ozimoron said:

70% of poll respondents think it's very or somewhat important to investigate Jan 6.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-more-voters-trust-republicans-handle-inflation-crime

Jan. 6 Hearings Give Democrats a Chance to Recast Midterm Message

With their majority at stake, Democrats plan to use the six high-profile hearings to refocus voters’ attention on Republicans’ role in the attack.

 

"With their control of Congress hanging in the balance, Democrats plan to use made-for-television moments and a carefully choreographed rollout of revelations over the course of six hearings to remind the public of the magnitude of Mr. Trump’s effort to overturn the election, and to persuade voters that the coming midterm elections are a chance to hold Republicans accountable for it."

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/07/us/politics/jan-6-hearings-tv-democrats.html

 

 

[nauseus]

22 hours ago, placeholder said:

It's telling that you feel condescended to by the presentation of facts.

Facts? ????

[nauseus]

12 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

I can try. But, you will say they are biased, as most Trump supporters argue. Nonetheless there is alot to support my argument that Trump is, was, and always has been a terrible negotiator. The art of the deal is all fiction. 

 

It is at the very core of his appeal. Since Donald Trump’s improbable run to the White House began in 2015, the real estate magnate has managed to win over U.S. voters—even many who allow they don’t like him personally—by arguing that he’s a master negotiator who will swing a lot of new deals for the American people. But as the third anniversary of the president’s election approaches, evidence is mounting that Trump has mastered very little internationally. On the contrary, his various high-profile efforts at restarting negotiations with China, Iran, North Korea and other nations have—at least since the signing of his much-mocked makeover of NAFTA in 2018—all run aground. And this week Trump proved himself a dubious dealmaker yet again. He called off his visit to a close U.S. ally, Denmark—a country with a prime minister who’s also a natural political ally, because she’s as anti-immigrant as he is—ostensibly because the Danes refused to consider selling him Greenland (which, technically, may not be Denmark’s to sell anyway, since it is a semi-autonomous territory with its own prime minister).

 

https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/21/why-trump-cant-make-deals-international-negotiations/

 

What can we take away from these negotiation sagas?

Impulsivity is not a negotiating strategy. Trump’s undermining of his team’s negotiating strategy with the WHO made his administration look confused and disorganized. Get your negotiating team on the same page— and make sure you stay there.

 

Threaten only as a last resort. As was the case in his dealings with the WHO, Trump’s go-to negotiating strategy, the threat, has usually backfired, with counterparts calling his bluff, ignoring him, or escalating hostilities. It’s Negotiation 101: Threats should be considered only when all else has failed.

 

Don’t underestimate weaker parties. Trump’s attempts to override the opinions of FDA scientists so antagonized them that they became willing to work around him, even resorting to subterfuge. Powerful parties who underestimate underlings and other seemingly weak counterparts do so at their own peril.

 

https://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/crisis-negotiations/negotiation-in-the-news-last-negotiating-moves-from-a-never-boring-president-nb/

 

Donald Trump plays hardball a bit more than necessary, probably because he comes from an old–school perspective. Uber–competitive tactics do not foster long-term collaborative partnerships in business – but it is his style, that is obvious. There were also strategies and behaviors that Trump missed in his 11 Key Elements  – skills that can be invaluable to a negotiator. Finally, I give Trump a PASS in Negotiating Fundamentals, but I would say he is a low B student.

 

https://www.watershedassociates.com/negotiationblog/donald-trumps-art-deal-whats-his-final-grade

 

 

First unreadable, second about WHO and third a book review.

 

Thanks for trying anyway.

[Pattaya Spotter]

U.S.-Led Alliance Faces Frustration, and Pain of its Own, Over Russia Sanctions

 

Vladimir V. Putin is making gains in his war on Ukraine while the United States and its allies struggle with soaring energy prices and inflation. https://nyti.ms/3xSdrYS

[Pattaya Spotter]

U.S.-Led Alliance Faces Frustration, and Pain of its Own, Over Russia Sanctions

 

Vladimir V. Putin is making gains in his war on Ukraine while the United States and its allies struggle with soaring energy prices and inflation. https://nyti.ms/3xSdrYS

[wombat]

On 6/18/2022 at 4:43 PM, mikeymike100 said:

Sadly there are people that think Joe can do no wrong, even though they are $5 a gallon for gas!