You have the right take.
This is a diversion feeding frenzy for the state run media and also to stake the ground far far to the other side then negotiate from there.
It’s vintage Trump. Magnificent bastard.
‘This is a diversion feeding frenzy for the state run media and also to stake the ground far far to the other side then negotiate from there.’
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I really need to read ‘The Art of the Deal.’