World Leaders Could Learn A Lesson From Ayatollah Khamenei

Don’t Negotiate With Trump!

How can a rational person seriously negotiate with an American president:

A man who today abrogates an agreement that he signed in 2020 (the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or USMCA) after he did not like the 1994 agreement (the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA) signed by an earlier president?

A man who changes his mind on tariffs on an hourly basis — on the products and on the countries he is targeting — seemingly ignorant of the impact of uncertainty on both goods and financial markets and the fact that changing tariffs cause profound changes in production and supply chains around the world?

A man who pardons those he calls “patriots” who stormed the U.S. Capitol, including some guilty of other crimes, but says that violent demonstrations against Tesla are domestic terrorism?

A man who orders the assassination of a top general (Soleimani) of an adversary in a foreign country (Iraq)?

A man who abrogates an agreement (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action also known as the Iran nuclear deal) that a previous American president signed along with Russia, China, Great Britain, France, Germany and the European Union and that was ratified by the UN Security Council, then imposes more economic sanctions and now threatens you if you don’t come to the table and sign a new accord?

A man who threatens an adversary of Israel’s (Hamas) with hell if it does not obey…