Why is the EU talking to Trump?

[chowmama]

Why is anybody talking to Trump? I don't get it.

He doesn't keep agreements. Often, he doesn't intend to, going in. He lies, he cheats, he steals. His representatives are unauthorized to negotiate what they're going to have for lunch, let alone an arrangement with another country. Or with any legal entity at all. How many times has something been announced, only to have his very next public statement contradict it in every detail? Everybody knows this. And he's proud of it.

Until he's out of office, the U.S. is incapable of making a valid agreement of any kind with anybody. Meeting with him is a complete waste of time and brain cells.

[drray23]

1. Because all these world leaders are orders of magnitude smarter than Trump

They have to look out for their countries and therefore meet with Trump to extract concessions or "deals" from him. They know that all they have to do is act as if they take him seriously, praise him and manipulate him to give them what they need.

The 30% tariff is now 15 %. Mission accomplished.

[chowmama]

5. It's 15% today.

Tomorrow, he may wake up and decide that it's now contingent on blowing up all the windmills. Or that it's an unfair deal made by Obama and now it's going to be 45%. Or he needs a brand-new chrome-plated gold washed tank to drive on the golf course. Not a bribe, of course - it'll go to his library as soon as he's out of office. Or...whatever rabid raccoon virus plops into that rancid skull of his.

It's not a deal. You can count on a deal.

[Chasstev365]

2. 100 % Agree

[Shellback Squid]

3. They are talking to the USA, he's just a crappy chief representative

[usonian]

4. Europe has been around much longer than the US

They have seen wannabe emperors come and go, and royalty go insane. They are playing the long game. Trump is toast, it seems, but dangerous in the short term.

[Fichefinder]

6. Because talking is what they do best.