[traderrob6]

“It’s Trump’s negotiating strategy.”

This seems to be the go to talking point of every flip-flop Trump has ever made.

Considering that Trump is not presently negotiating, but rather campaigning, it does not hold water.

[don-o]

He’s negotiating with the electorate. Trying to find how many half baked bytes he can keep in the air at one time.

[achilles2000]

It isn’t a talking point. It’s just Trump. Take it or leave it; it doesn’t matter to me.

[mconley22]

This is the way that Trump avoids spending a large amount of his own money on his campaign. He makes ridiculous statements like his proposal of a 45 percent tariff on China in retaliation for unfair trade practices. Then, once he gets free media coverage, he walks back the proposal or denies that he ever made the statement at all. Just Trump being Trump.

The problem with the type of campaign that Trump is using is that the media coverage during the general campaign will not be so forgiving of his well documented flip-flopping. Will the media give him a free license to clarify his positions when the opponent is Hillary or Biden? I think not.

[IMR 4350]

“Considering that Trump is not presently negotiating, but rather campaigning, it does not hold water.”

How do you know that other than it’s what you want to believe?

Trump could be pulling off his biggest DEAL of all.

Claiming he wants to be president when in fact he really wants someone else to be president.

With Trump you never know and that is exactly why I would never trust him.