One of the cornerstones of Donald Trump‘s book The Art of the Deal is about maximizing your leverage to emerge victorious in negotiations. The simple principle he lays out is to use what you have to make the person you’re dealing with do what you want, letting you turn the situation to your benefit.
Now Trump has clearly forgotten his own advice. The administration is currently caught up in the jaw-dropping Qatari jet fiasco, in which the Qatari royal family is giving a $400 million “sky palace” private jet to Donald Trump as a gift. This jet will become the new Air Force One, letting Trump argue he’s saving the country money. That’s somewhat undercut by the admission that the jet will only be Air Force One while he’s president, after which it will become his own private jet.
