President Donald Trump’s unique way of speaking plays a key role in his negotiating tactics and leverage, former US Ambassador to Jordan Thomas Pickering says.
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00:00Indeed, and I mean, we heard President Trump saying that King Abdullah and President Abdel
00:08Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt would, quote, come around to his idea.
00:12I mean, knowing King Abdullah, as you do, I mean, how do you think it goes down with
00:17him to hear from the U.S. president that he will come around to this way of thinking?
00:22I mean, it's not exactly the typical language.
00:24We have all gotten used to President Trump's way of speaking and understand what it means
00:33and understand that it is part of his negotiating tactics in terms of seeking to find an answer
00:41to a problem which is not working out to his advantage, which he can find a way to turn
00:48in that direction.
00:50In diplomacy, we call it creating negotiating leverage, and it can take many forms.