The example of the robber-murderer asking where your family is hiding is the perfect way to illustrate being brutally frank is not the honest thing to do. Nor is it in your best self interests.
That is what Trump is calling out Ted on. If the object is to make good deals for the country - and deals will be made - you don’t harm your cause that way. By deals I don’t mean the crappy ones congress always makes. I don’t think Trump would compromise like congress normally does. I think Trump would use the long knives in the back rooms, not in public.
Listen to what Ivanka says about impossible deals that her dad made. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOGD9mvzIi4
I’ve been involved in union contract negotiations for over ten years. It’s fun to deploy and use tactical nuclear weapons, but one has to be so careful that the radiation doesn’t kill you too. I wonder if Ted would do it the same way again.
If he didn't, I'd look elsewhere for a candidate.
Oh, Trump will do exactly what is to his benefit. He can be had.