I've negotiated many "deals" in my time. Most of the work is done well before you show up for the final meeting. I'm talking somewhere in the order of between 85 to 100% of the "deal".

Trump is trying to author a storyline where the president of Ukraine showed up to make a mutually beneficial arranged deal, and then tried to pick a fight so that his country would be denied "the deal"?

In my old (now extinct) junior high school #civics class we were taught to be excellent citizens and think and read about politics with our own minds. Now this is a programming lesson on news channels and Facebook feeds.

Trump vs Kennedy: no comparison.

All right. I think we’ve seen enough. What do you think, huh? This is going to be great television. I will say that. All right. We’ll see what we can do about putting it together. Thank you."

Donald Trump

But you don’t have the cards. But once we sign that deal, you’re in a much better position. But you’re not acting at all thankful. And that’s not a nice thing. I’ll be honest. That’s not a nice thing.

#trump
#GOP

And now?

"You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out. And if we’re out, you’ll fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty, but you’ll fight it out.

#Tulsi_Gabbard to play Aunt Lydia. The opening scene will be during #Trump's consecration ceremony.

He is someone that a progressive centrist like myself can understand. He's a firebrand for doing the right thing! He brings a needed perspective to MSNBC that I have really enjoyed seeing over the last few years.