A Japan deal is low-hanging fruit. But “negotiations in Washington, D.C., ended without an agreement, highlighting Japan’s ongoing concerns and reluctance to concede ahead of domestic elections ..” 🇯🇵 @fortune.com fortune.com/article/trum... - ThreadSky

carlquintanilla.bsky.social • 3 days ago

A Japan deal is low-hanging fruit.

But “negotiations in Washington, D.C., ended without an agreement, highlighting Japan’s ongoing concerns and reluctance to concede ahead of domestic elections ..” 🇯🇵

@fortune.com
https://fortune.com/article/trump-test-case-trade-negotiations-japan-failing-reach-deal-analysts/

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blakeau19.bsky.social•3 days ago

Wait, so 90 deals in 90 days was complete horseshit just like all the campaign promises he made?

cyokeeffe.bsky.social•3 days ago

"Japan’s ongoing concerns and reluctance to concede ahead of domestic elections ..”
So do they mean Japan's elections this July or the US elections in 2026?

jwshikes.bsky.social•3 days ago

FOTUS is a failure, has been his entire life

treadingwater1.bsky.social•3 days ago

Japan will never sign an agreement with the US. They are not stupid

torie138.bsky.social•3 days ago

Wondering?? Was there any doubt this whole mess was completely predictable? Come. On.

mrmucketymuck.bsky.social•3 days ago

Who wants to sign a new trade agreement with the guy who violates trade agreements?

zestoconnor.bsky.social•3 days ago

Isnt Rump the best businessman ever … said no one .Spin this Fox !

jwestrope.bsky.social•3 days ago

Dealmaker 😂

jubilado251.bsky.social•3 days ago

Why would any country negotiate when he has shown a willingness to backtrack without prompting?

marcsobel.bsky.social•3 days ago

In response, defense secretary hexthet (sp) or the Pacific fleet based at Pearl harbor into high alert

bbulpett.bsky.social•3 days ago

What?? Japan won't submit to blackmail? Wild.

santacruzmag.bsky.social•3 days ago

#TrumpIsALoser pass it on!

kamitchell.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’ve seen some clips of speeches given in the Diet and from what I can tell, Japan is having none of this. Bear in mind that in business negotiations in Japan, if one side says that would be difficult, that is like hell no. And some of the opposition has been pretty direct and blunt.

kamitchell.bsky.social•3 days ago

If some of the legislators are willing to forgo the usual outward facing politeness that is common in Japan, they are going to concede nothing to Trump. Trump probably thinks that he can count on our long friendship with Japan, and Japan is probably the most betrayed trading partner that we have.

mackenziegirl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Such a loser. He’s done so much damage.

fake-speeches.bsky.social•3 days ago

Every day that passes means even the previous trade status quo isn’t available

cakemaven1.bsky.social•3 days ago

We are now “officially “ the world’s Biggest Loser.

jaydeedouble.bsky.social•3 days ago

There was another headline highlighting that Japan’s trade rep refused to engage until Trump stopped lying about existing trade policies.

So ya know… any day now

johndoe123123.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trust might be an issue now ..with every other country on earth..like.. we can't trust America..let that sink in...

guyfawkestoo.bsky.social•2 days ago

tRump with head hanging low... hope he feels like shit... as he is shit! Awe... is he gonna start crying like a baby??🤨😡🤬

middlerage.bsky.social•3 days ago

NEWSFLASH: They won’t!

mlamb.bsky.social•3 days ago

So zero deals it is.

tday01.bsky.social•3 days ago

Being the first country to sign a deal is a bad move

votevaxresist.bsky.social•3 days ago

Is that the Rose Garden?

charliemas.bsky.social•3 days ago

I read a report that the U.S. delegation showed up to the talks with Japan without any demands and without any authority to make a deal.

kdh52.bsky.social•3 days ago

Wasn't Isreal here last week for a deal but left without one? If he can't get a deal with Bibi, he's in trouble.

rgingersoll.bsky.social•3 days ago

“American idiot”

Right?

realworldrj.bsky.social•3 days ago

A shart of a deal

randomrules.bsky.social•3 days ago

Cant even make a deal with one of closest allies.

njm68.bsky.social•3 days ago

The idiot in chief can't make a deal with our best trade friend........shocker
Japan needs to buy more trump coins or else no deal. They need to get with the grift.... Naaa fuck Trump

running4321.bsky.social•2 days ago

Does anyone I mean anyone still believe anything Trump says?

nordicson59n.bsky.social•3 days ago

xtrump is a walking, blubbering train wreck.

sarcasmodemiami.bsky.social•3 days ago

We *need* Democratic market economies to stand up to the United States, so I see this as a good sign.

bskylife.bsky.social•3 days ago

We had a deal with Japan. It was the TPP. Trump ended it.

meeshdreams.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah … seems like Navarro’s 90 deals in 90 days isn’t happening. Absolutely shocked. It’s almost like other world leaders might be discussing the US amongst themselves.

realeric.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wouldn't trust Trump...

mlco.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump failed

jillco.bsky.social•3 days ago

Can we stop calling him a deal maker and a businessperson and a fighter? I mean, I've known this since the 80s, and I'm just a girl from the tri-state area...

sccharlston716.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump needs an immediate 90 day freeze on all new Tariffs and clawback to 2024 Tariff levels. Allow a cooldown period..

We got a huge mess of canceled or soon to be canceled export and import orders.

nerdnonsense.bsky.social•3 days ago

They’re (MAGA and some of the legacy media) always shocked when he’s an incompetent loser even though the guy who ghost wrote The Art of Deal blatantly said it was all fiction.

I mean that and him bankrupting casinos. Plural.

froilleinwunder.bsky.social•3 days ago

No bunting? Just flags? Looks a bit restraint. Did they run out of flags?

chichi60.bsky.social•3 days ago

Japan is pissed so I say there will not be any deals

morpheus55.bsky.social•3 days ago

It might be easier for Japan to develop new markets than to keep getting damaged by 45. No 1 trusts him, with cause!

njm68.bsky.social•3 days ago

I've never rooted against my country before now. Always knew we did shitty things in the past somehow hoped we were getting better. But JFC already! Impeach and remove already. Rant over.

chichi60.bsky.social•3 days ago

Exactly

njm68.bsky.social•3 days ago

Good stand up

reeshb.bsky.social•2 days ago

No one, person or country, should make a deal with Trump. To him, a promise is something you break, others are simply marks for his con, and, in the end, his only goal is to dominate.

jlopez10111.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Trump administration is doing it backwards where they are trying to extract the most from the first deal, which means the incentive for other countries is just to wait for someone else to make the first deal. The result is no deals get done.

margot44.bsky.social•3 days ago

The old man is looking tired. It must be exhausting signing all those executive orders and trying to negotiate futile agreements! The US is scorned by the rest of the world and it's all 47's fault.

thosrhodes.bsky.social•3 days ago

90 in 90

cantard.bsky.social•3 days ago

I take it Trump failed to cure his dishonor before the trade team.

mickimaynard.bsky.social•3 days ago

Anyone who thought there would be a quick deal with Japan doesn’t understand Japan.

notnerb.bsky.social•3 days ago

trump is just not smart enough

fmlondonderry1.bsky.social•3 days ago

or China.

redragon95.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trumps going to trigger a lot of elections and the anti Trump parties are going to win.

First Canada, then Australia, then Japan.

dancelittlesister.bsky.social•3 days ago

Others will learn from our mistakes, because we sure didn't.

redragon95.bsky.social•3 days ago

Even A lot of the non MAGA americas I’ve talked to have no clue what’s going on with their country or the world.

missgiven.bsky.social•3 days ago

I’ve also found this. They don’t know and they aren’t curious to find out.

redragon95.bsky.social•3 days ago

My Canadian sister in law who has lived in Florida for only 10 years was all excited when Trump started the 51st state bs. Thought it would make it easier for us to move to Florida……I informed her if Canada became the 51st state I would be dead fighting guerrilla warfare. “Oh this is that serious?”

dancelittlesister.bsky.social•3 days ago

We Americans are sadly notorious having no idea about what's going on, both in our country, but especially in the rest of the world.

goldengirlswhit.bsky.social•3 days ago

That’s crazy

vanfirth.bsky.social•3 days ago

Americans tend to think that 難しいです (It's difficult) means "We're almost in agreement." The American English translation is more like "Oh, hell no, we're never going to do that!"

lojikul.bsky.social•3 days ago

And 🤡 showing up to low level meetings unexpectedly is essentially showing your whole ass

purplereign32.bsky.social•3 days ago

Asians value honour over everything. Trump has proven himself un-honourable, untrustworthy, and unmoral. There will be no deals made. Ever. You can not negotiate with a petty,emotional man-child. Would you trust him to make a deal with? I wouldn't. Trump is fucked. The USA is FUBAR'd.

burnett922.bsky.social•3 days ago

I also like the agreement on a loan by Japan to Ukraine for in excess of $3B by using Russian assets that had been frozen by the Japanese govt. The Russians are pissed. I apologize if I posted any of the content above in error.

mickimaynard.bsky.social•3 days ago

For reference, when Japan and the U.S. negotiated limits on Japanese car imports in 1981, the process took about three months. It began with a bill in the new Congress, then the Reagan administration convened talks with Japan. An agreement was signed in May.

corey01.bsky.social•3 days ago

Its amazing how this dude can move markets with lies. And they know he's lying.

fmias.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Japanese negotiators aren't even the issue. They flat asked what the admin wanted and couldn't get a coherent answer. They can't negotiate if the other side has no goal.

203elvis.bsky.social•3 days ago

Said after they left the meeting, they had no idea what the US wanted. I love that.

notbad-notgreat.bsky.social•3 days ago

I honestly dont think anyone in MAGA orbit knows what they actually want here

sapphireskkies.bsky.social•3 days ago

He didn't even write the book and the only negotiation he will consider is where he's the winner and the other side is a loser.

Which is why the idea of running a country like a business will never work.

chrisrmaker.bsky.social•3 days ago

😆

geosb3.bsky.social•3 days ago

Fake it til you make it on the world level.

twentyninedollars.bsky.social•3 days ago

This trump fella would be wise to look up the word “loser”! Find a mirror, fatboy, and say the word.

Then SIT!

tazzysim.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Japanese envoy said trumps people didn’t even know what they wanted.

You can’t make a deal if you don’t even have terms you want.

cabbageridge.bsky.social•2 days ago

I have posted that as well. South Korea should also be low hanging fruit.

bselena.bsky.social•3 days ago

“No deal for you today”

mattg.path.pub•3 days ago

Contracts with trump: hard to sign, harder to keep

koi22.bsky.social•3 days ago

Trump is no deal maker.. just a crook..

angelakmarx.bsky.social•3 days ago

Tens of millions of American voters were fooled by Trump and voted for him, again, in 2024.

It appears, however, that world leaders weren’t as susceptible to his lying bullshit.

Time to see a meme like this flying around the interwebs…

#FeloniousDon
#BiggestLoser2025

mikebrat.bsky.social•3 days ago

Seems like we keep bouncing a bit into tech eps and then when none of these promises come together in a week or so we drop again. Timberrr.

azulsora.bsky.social•3 days ago

Its like they took zero consideration of the interal politics of every other nation.

chiefjoer.bsky.social•3 days ago

I heard Japan left because they had no faith that the negotiators they were negotiating with had any authority to negotiate anything.

fiveacres.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wonder if anyone in the current administration is familiar with the concept of "The Prisoner's Dilemma?" I suspect our former allies are reviewing their notes from class.

casslanderos.bsky.social•3 days ago

Even if we could get this idiot out of office today, it will take decades to undo the political, financial and cultural damage he’s caused.

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