There’s something called “The Russian Negotiating Style.” Whether they are desperate for a deal, any deal, or not, they play the game the same way. They become horrible, dangerous sounding people. Before the negotiating starts, they’ll tell you how much they don’t need you or any deal. It’s you who need the deal and they aren’t going to give it to you. They demand the moon, Mars and all of the rest of the solar system while offering the contents of your vacuum cleaner to you. Because Westerners are often nice people, and they want to reach a win/win Westerners often lose the negotiation. I think Trump is up for this. Democrats want to be liked by foreigners. Afterall, to a Democrat, America is the great evil. Therefore, they have a lot in common with the foreigners.
Before the negotiating starts, they’ll tell you how much they don’t need you or any deal.
A perfect example.....from the movie “One, Two, Three”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD5AQluWoIM
Another factor Trump will have to deal with is Putin’s tactical genius which, so far, has meant Big Business at Russian funeral parlors.
Headlines the other day were Russia turned down Trump’s first offer. Well, duuuuuuh! That’s rule #1 in every game of negotiation.