Quote from: suchmoon on Today at 10:23:01 PM

What happened Navarro, Lutnick, et al bleating "this is not a negotiation" for the last week or so?

Rhetorical question of course. Morons crashed the market, got reprimanded by fellow billionaires, and quickly "fixed" what didn't need breaking to begin with. Fart of the deal.

they were/are saying it in terms of.. this is not just a empty threat that we will cower down and give up on for free or on your terms.. these new levels are going to go ahead, we wont scare easily and just give in. we are not going to just walk upto your table and back down giving you everything you want for free.. you need to come to our negotiation table and take what we offer.. in exchange for things we want.. or else in 90 days the levels are initiated

so ofcourse they are not going to sound like its an empty threat. as that just weakens negotiations

its like you(recently by the sound of maturity) if you got bullied at school even if you know you might have to give up some of your pocket money.. are not going to say just "tell me how much you want im easy". you are going to hold strong and say:
"im not negotiating with you, im not gonna give you my pocket money for nothing no matter what you say you want"..
or
"now how about i hire you as my protection and get you to punch steve over there for touching my sister, then ill give you a good rate of my pocket money.."

thus your in control of negotiations.. not them. knowing you wont give up your pocket money unless it benefits you on your terms