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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYT: Tips for meeting with The Donald -Keep short, don't assume knows history, compliment on victory
Keep it short. Don't assume he knows history. Compliment on EC victory. Say he's better than Obama. Bring a deal he can call a victory.
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Tips for Leaders Meeting Trump: Keep It Short and Give Him a Win
By PETER BAKERMAY 18, 2017
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After four months of interactions between Mr. Trump and his counterparts, foreign officials and their Washington consultants say certain rules have emerged: Keep it short no 30-minute monologue for a 30-second attention span. Do not assume he knows the history of the country or its major points of contention. Compliment him on his Electoral College victory. Contrast him favorably with President Barack Obama. Do not get hung up on whatever was said during the campaign. Stay in regular touch. Do not go in with a shopping list but bring some sort of deal he can call a victory.
If you were prepping people for Donald Trump, the two or three points would be: one, bear in mind this is still a guy who focuses on wins, Peter Westmacott, a former British ambassador to the United States, said. He likes to have wins for America and wins for himself from bilateral meetings.
Secondly, he continued, he is a deal maker, a pragmatist. Third, this is a guy with a limited attention span. He absolutely wont want to listen to visitors droning on for a half-hour or longer if they need an interpreter.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/world/middleeast/trump-saudi-arabia-foreign-trip.html?src=twr&_r=2&referer=
By PETER BAKERMAY 18, 2017
... snip
After four months of interactions between Mr. Trump and his counterparts, foreign officials and their Washington consultants say certain rules have emerged: Keep it short no 30-minute monologue for a 30-second attention span. Do not assume he knows the history of the country or its major points of contention. Compliment him on his Electoral College victory. Contrast him favorably with President Barack Obama. Do not get hung up on whatever was said during the campaign. Stay in regular touch. Do not go in with a shopping list but bring some sort of deal he can call a victory.
If you were prepping people for Donald Trump, the two or three points would be: one, bear in mind this is still a guy who focuses on wins, Peter Westmacott, a former British ambassador to the United States, said. He likes to have wins for America and wins for himself from bilateral meetings.
Secondly, he continued, he is a deal maker, a pragmatist. Third, this is a guy with a limited attention span. He absolutely wont want to listen to visitors droning on for a half-hour or longer if they need an interpreter.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/world/middleeast/trump-saudi-arabia-foreign-trip.html?src=twr&_r=2&referer=
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NYT: Tips for meeting with The Donald -Keep short, don't assume knows history, compliment on victory (Original Post)
MelissaB
May 2017
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dalton99a
(81,599 posts)1. We saw that with the Japanese and then the Chinese
Evidently they had researched him and come to the same conclusions
Blue_Roses
(12,894 posts)2. Oh good grief...
this man has NO business in the oval office
renate
(13,776 posts)3. the NYT didn't write like this even about GWB
I miss President Obama so much.