Foreign leaders told to praise election win [View all]
BY MARK HENSCH - 05/19/17 08:48 AM EDT
... Embassies and leaders who have met with Trump have been speaking among themselves .. and a number of themes have emerged ...
Among them are suggestions to compliment Trump on his election win, and compare him favorably to former President Obama; not to expect him to know your country's history or hot-button issues; and make a short presentation tailored to his attention span, and don't try to bring up a long list of issues ...
“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 U.S., told the Times.
“Secondly, he is a deal maker, a pragmatist. Third, this is a guy with a limited attention span. He absolutely won’t listen to visitors droning on for a half-hour — or longer if they need an interpreter” ...
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/334193-foreign-leaders-told-to-praise-trump-on-election-win-report
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