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+ | {{Quotation|Trump has said he would like to be the U.S. negotiator in arms talks with the Soviets. "Some people have an ability to negotiate," he says. "It's an art you're basically born with. Either you have it or you don't. | ||
+ | "I feel for the first time in many years we're in a position to negotiate a really good treaty. I've been involved in studying the issue for years. I feel very knowledgable about the issues." And the issue, he says, is not so much the United States vs. the Soviet Union as it is both superpowers against a Third World country which gains nuclear capability. "I've never actually recommended myself as a negotiator," Trump says, "but I think what we need is someone who really knows the issues and knows how to negotiate." (''Associated Press'', February 24, 1985)}} | ||
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+ | == Trump Denounced Boris Yeltsin == | ||
Trump was sharply critical of Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first post-communist president. | Trump was sharply critical of Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first post-communist president. | ||
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1985: Trump Volunteers to Negotiate Arms Treaty with USSR
“ Trump has said he would like to be the U.S. negotiator in arms talks with the Soviets. "Some people have an ability to negotiate," he says. "It's an art you're basically born with. Either you have it or you don't.
"I feel for the first time in many years we're in a position to negotiate a really good treaty. I've been involved in studying the issue for years. I feel very knowledgable about the issues." And the issue, he says, is not so much the United States vs. the Soviet Union as it is both superpowers against a Third World country which gains nuclear capability. "I've never actually recommended myself as a negotiator," Trump says, "but I think what we need is someone who really knows the issues and knows how to negotiate." (Associated Press, February 24, 1985) ”Trump Denounced Boris YeltsinTrump was sharply critical of Boris Yeltsin, Russia's first post-communist president.
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