"House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and other members of Congress had arrived for a separate meeting and were invited into the room, Lutnick says. "That put so much pressure on the Japanese," Lutnick says. Trump "has the leadership of the Congress in the room watching this negotiation take place, and [the Japanese official] has to get a deal done, and the president is just pushing him.""
""That put so much pressure on the Japanese," Lutnick says. Trump "has the leadership of the Congress in the room watching this negotiation take place, and [the Japanese official] has to get a deal done, and the president is just pushing him." "It was literally a masterclass of both negotiating and the art of negotiating by bringing these people in. It changed the room.""
Trump turned up pressure on drugmakers to lower prices and discussed the issue extensively on Saturday. Americans face existential worries that artificial intelligence will displace jobs, and student loan delinquencies are surging. Negotiations with Japanese officials over a trade deal involved Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. House Speaker Mike Johnson and other members of Congress entered the negotiation room, creating visible pressure on the Japanese official to reach a deal. The presence of congressional leadership intensified leverage and altered negotiation dynamics, functioning as a masterclass in negotiating by leveraging attendees to change the room.
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