There’s an adage in diplomacy circles: If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu. Since they lost control of the White House and both houses of Congress, it’s easy to imagine that Democrats (and others who voted against President-elect Donald Trump) feel that they don’t have a seat at the table. And if that’s true, everything they hold dear and every policy they care about could be a mere presidential oath away from being sacrificed at the altar of Trump’s vision for America.
How to Negotiate After a Staggering Defeat: A Playbook for Democrats
If you can create value, you have leverage.
November 16, 2016