Trump is a salesman. *everything* is negotiable. He says crazy wild ideas. Why would he do such a thing you may ask? It is called price anchoring. He is teasing out what your bottom bid is. Most people are not used to negotiating in that way. For most people they pay what it says on the sticker or they dont. They take him at his first bid and scoff at him and walk off. They do not understand he is negotiating with them. Every book out of him is about deal making.
I think both sides are about to get a real shock on how fluid everything is with him. While still keeping to his agenda of 'Americans first'.
Also to add, for an interesting analogy. I do not like my bank. I think they are a bunch of right bastards who do all sorts of shady things. But those bastards work for me. They are handy to use when someone tries to rip me off. You want the bastard working for you not against you.
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