To Understand the Trump-May Relationship, I Binged on Britains The Apprentice

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In their first meeting, the reality T.V. star, not the prime minister, will have the upper hand.
BY TOM WHYMAN JANUARY 27, 2017

Friday, British Prime Minister Theresa May will become the first foreign leader to hold talks with President Donald Trump in the White House, jumping to the front of the queue even ahead of Vladimir Putin, who I understand is supposed to be a friend of Trump’s. At the top of the agenda will be a new post-Brexit trade deal; May is hoping to return to the U.K. boosted with some favorable tariffs and a “job creation” plan.

What’s going to happen? The stakes are high; the politics complicated. May has some reason to be optimistic. Trump has, in the past, labeled himself “Mr. Brexit,” marking himself a supporter of every patriotic Englishman’s favorite act of populist self-harm. He’s stated that he’s keen to do a deal with May, and his aides have even made noises about reviving a Thatcher-Reagan style “special relationship.” On the other hand, it’s unclear how a closer transatlantic relationship would fit with Trump’s protectionist inclinations. Compounding these worries, an interview with Trump conducted for the London Times by May’s party enemy, Michael Gove, appeared to indicate that the new president has trouble remembering her name.

Will May manage to win from Trump the concessions she needs? Or will she be left hanging around the lobby for hours before Kellyanne Conway emerges to ask her if she’s seen the prime minister anywhere? Foreign Policy turned to me for answers. I, in turn, decided to binge-watch The Apprentice.

I did this in order to compare the U.S. version of the show, which starred Trump until he left to spend more time with his racism, to its U.K. spinoff, which launched in 2005 and has been one of the most popular shows on British television ever since. My rationale: As cultural products, these two shows contain objective facts about the society that has produced them. By comparing these shows we should be able to work out, in theory, how the British psyche will respond in a negotiation situation to the Trump phenomenon.

Read more: http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/27/to-understand-the-trump-may-visit-i-binged-on-britains-apprentice/

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1. The two money lines....

" Compounding these worries, an interview with Trump conducted for the London Times by May’s party enemy, Michael Gove, appeared to indicate that the new president has trouble remembering her name. "

" Or will she be left hanging around the lobby for hours before Kellyanne Conway emerges to ask her if she’s seen the prime minister anywhere? "

So, the truth is, there is no reason to even think that the fuckwad even has a policy about anything.

He is too ignorant.