In the art of the deal, he uses Bluffing or aiming high in negotiations, knowing that you always have to come down a little.
Don’t disagree in the slightest. You always overask in negotiations, whether it be a salary at a new job or when selling a house.
I’m curious to know if anyone at the Trump Administration let anyone at the Biden Administration in on the secret, though. Not that it matters seeing how Plugs royally screwed everything up, and I’m sure he wouldn’t have listened anyhow.