ONE WORD: LEVERAGE
When sitting across the table to negotiate with a amoral predator, especially a narrow minded vision-less hungry predator, one must have all possible leverage in place and ready to call up as needed. Without it, the amoral predator will pounce regardless of the consequences and without empathy or care for who or what is destroyed as long as it feeds.
In the case of known amoral predator Donald J. Trump and his self-launched international trade wars, I have long contended each country must NOT speak with Trump until they had new deals in place to counter his wild attacks on trade. This would put him back in his place and keep the global order stable and consistent without unnecessarily hurting economies.
In fact, when Trump called, a smart negotiator would NOT take the phone call and tell him they are unavailable. Then hit the phones and start making contingent deals with others. Once all deals are in place and leverage ready, then take the Trump call. On the call, softly and clearly let him know they are seriously interested in all deals that make cents and help everyone. However, if any deal is one-sided and meant to punish or hurt, it will be met with indifference and deals will be immediately launched with others excluding the USA and will be backed up with absolute moves without delay.
It appears that Germany is doing that now and making deals with China. This will give them leverage in dealing with Trump.
China to boost economic ties with Germany in Trump era
Amoral predators are always about eating. So faced with no food, a predator will back down. This is the only way to get them to stay within civil society. Appealing to the greater good will make no sense to them. It means nothing.
So remember, you may have principles or morals and a set of guidelines you live by but the amoral predator does not share those values and will stomp on them without conscience. Thus, leverage is the only thing that counts in these cases. Use it wisely. Respect it. And be a true leader.
Johnny Punish founded VT in 2004. After 20 years at the helm, he “retired” from the daily operations in late 2023 passing the ball over to the new owner of VT, Chief Justin Time. He now writes for VT as “Writer Emeritus”. He is also a global citizen eco-activist, visionary, musician, artist, entertainer, businessman, investor, life coach, podcast host, and syndicated columnist.
Punish is an ethnically cleansed Palestinian-American whose maternal family was evicted from their home in Haifa, Palestine in 1948 by Irgun; a Euro-Zionist Settler Terrorist Group. The family became part of the over 1,000,000 Palestinians who are Al-Nakba refugees (The Catastrophe). The family fled to Beirut Lebanon for 13 years eventually emigrating to the USA in 1961 via a Brasilian passport obtained by his Palestinian Brasilian-born grandmother (In the early 1900s, the family was sent to Sao Paolo Brasil as guest workers in the mining industry. Punish’s father is Italian-American from New York City. Punish’s paternal great-grandparents emigrated to the USA from Naples Italy and Marineo in Sicily in the 1890s. Punish was born in the Bronx, New York in 1963.
Punish was educated at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (1980-81) and California State University Fullerton (1981-1984) with studies in accounting and business. Before the “internets” had been invented, he owned and ran (5) national newspapers in the United States of America from 1987-1998. From 2004 to 2023, he owned and managed VT Foreign Policy retiring at the end of 2023.
Punish is also a recording artist. He has over 100 original songs written. He records and produces music. A member of ASCAP, Punish has several songs placed in feature films. His music is promoted worldwide and played on all digital networks and net radio.
He is also the founder and owner of Global Thinkers, a freedom media that helps free thinkers create real wealth.
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