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To: RetiredNow who wrote (1120529)	2/26/2019 11:01:35 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1574616

>> He tries to pretend to be friends with these guys, so that he can negotiate with them. Notice his friendly relationship with Xi, but then his actions are tough as hell on China. Guess he's learned a thing or two about negotiation during his life. Exactly. But he can't just come out and say, "I'm being friendly because I can get a better deal" -- just to accommodate the media interpretation. The media is doing what they've been doing for more than two years -- taking every word of Trump's rhetoric literally. It is acceptable rhetorical "lie" to pretend to be nice to people on the other side of an issue. It is done in Congress daily. "If the gentleman from the great State of Texas will yield--". Yeah, you mean that.