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struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:54 PM Feb 2017

How Trump's Management Style Works (Or Doesn't)

February 16, 20177:21 AM ET
SCOTT HORSLEY

... "Donald's business had a .. small staff," says journalist David Cay Johnston ... "And except for when he was in trouble with his bankers he was the absolute ruler of his .. empire, which is not .. how the White House works" ...

"A lot of what Donald does is seat of the pants," Johnston says. "He contends he's a great negotiator. He's really not ... He's just great at promoting the idea that he's a great negotiator" ...

... "There are lots of different parts that have to be brought together and coordinated with a knowledge of how do you achieve that. Trump doesn't have those skills" ...


http://www.npr.org/2017/02/16/515454435/how-donald-trumps-management-style-works-or-doesnt-in-the-white-house

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How Trump's Management Style Works (Or Doesn't) (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2017 OP
Trump is a "great negotiator" when he can bully the party on the other side of the table... Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #1

Wounded Bear

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1. Trump is a "great negotiator" when he can bully the party on the other side of the table...
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 12:57 PM
Feb 2017

not so much with equals or those who actually have more power than he does.

Follow the money. How much does he owe the Russians?

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