Summary
The Trump administration admitted it sent formal letters to several countries urging them to submit trade proposals by July 8, the deadline for its “90 deals in 90 days” initiative.
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called them “friendly reminders,” but critics mocked the move as desperate.
The initiative began in April after Trump paused new tariffs amid market unrest.
Online commentators questioned whether deals will materialize, accusing the administration of backpedaling from bold claims about trade leverage and partner enthusiasm.
Native New Yorker here.
Trump’s Plaza Hotel deal is still remembered and laughed at by locals. iirc he trumpeted the buy out, and then was scrambling to figure out a way to pay for it. In the ned he lost about a half billion dollars.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7064749/How-real-estate-wannabe-Donald-Trump-paid-400M-Plaza-Hotel-lost-all.html
The Art of the Deal.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all
The guy who actually wrote the book got one of the best ghostwriter deals ever; Trump gave the store away. Ever since then that writer has told people what an ass Trump is and was.
A shart of a deal.
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The Art of the Feel.