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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
How many believe a Trump-friendly CPC is better suited to push against his whims than literally anyone else?
The UCP are already kissing the ring.
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It's not that crazy an argument. Trump doesn't personally sit in these negotiations day after day. His schtick simply requires that if a negotiation is perceived as adversarial he will only be interested in an outcome that allows him to say "I won, it's a victory for me over our enemy who has been robbing us all these years, what a great win for the USA" and so forth. If the other side of the table is perceived as aligned with him, there's more room to sell a less "we beat them story, a la "This is a great result for both countries and a great new partnership with a leader who I have a very good relationship with, and is much better than the loser who was there before". Especially if he thinks PP is more likely to say nice things about him in the aftermath than Trudeau or whoever the LPC has representing us, which seems... yknow, more or less certain.