The ongoing peace talks in Switzerland between American and Iranian officials got off Sunday to a rocky start, according to one Emirati political analyst who went on to describe the spectacle as nothing short of “humiliation” for Vice President JD Vance, who’s leading the U.S. delegation.“This was h...
Well, it’s about perception isn’t it… America (Trump) is very sensitive about perception.
While this regime is huge on optics, this shit has gone on for millennia. I remember reading that Obama was pissed his handlers kept telling him to wait for the repubs to call him and not for him to call them as it would show weakness or some BS. He was like idgaf we need to start negotiations! The handlers just told him that’s how DC politics worked and it would affect negotiations.
It’s also why trump used to jerk ppl in when he shook hands to “throw them off guard” and make him look stronger and more dominant. His dying ass doesn’t do it anymore cause he can barely stand or walk anywhere for more than 10 minutes. If he tried it now, the other person would just pull him and he’d fall.
Or they’d pull a rotten arm off.
I mean he is old as shit but Trudeau made him look like a twit all the way back in his first term with that stupid handshake.
The world should focus way more on like, dunno, science, facts and shit like dat, instead of stupid powergames.
Yes, I agree. They should. But they aren’t.
Sweet reason is a wonderful thing. But without those stupid power games, it doesn’t matter if you have the more convincing factual argument, you’ll still be marginalized.
The ancient Greeks taught logic, but they also taught rhetoric. You have to be right, and you have to be able to convince others that you’re right. Two separate skills.
It’s a fact the administration sees value in those power games.
But they are idiots. A small part of me is happy any time they aren’t, but this is really just pointless signalling by morons, for morons, about morons.
Electing politicians and expecting them not to play power games seems optimistic.
Especially from idiots that think those power games are cool and what being in power is all about.
I reckon such behavior is unavoidable the moment one sets foot on the lowest rung of any hierarchy.