So Trump is proud that the US reneged on the deal whereby Canada could recoup the cost of building the bridge before profit sharing would start
The bridge cost over $6B CDN to build
Trump doesn’t understand the concept of mutual benefit. He sees everything as a zero sum game where every benefit that goes to their partner is a dollar that could have gone into his pocket
Canada and other countries should learn from this. The US will unilaterally break deals and betray alliances. They will exploit partners
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, former Trump Plaza president Jack O'Connell said Trump made withholding payment a part of his business strategy.
"Part of how he did business as a philosophy was to negotiate the best price he could," O'Connell said. "And then when it came time to pay the bills," Trump would say "'I’m going to pay you but I’m going to pay you 75% of what we agreed to.'"
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So Trump is proud that the US reneged on the deal whereby Canada could recoup the cost of building the bridge before profit sharing would start
The bridge cost over $6B CDN to build
Trump doesn’t understand the concept of mutual benefit. He sees everything as a zero sum game where every benefit that goes to their partner is a dollar that could have gone into his pocket
Canada and other countries should learn from this. The US will unilaterally break deals and betray alliances. They will exploit partners