It really doesn't bother me. It's a tactic I've seen used by successful business men on a regular basis. I've done it.
I start with something outrageous and polarizing and then when the initial pushback inevitably comes I dial it back, I change the tone a little and I get more than I really expected to in the first place.
It's just a different way of doing things.
Get used to it.
I've heard this a lot, especially here.
I get that he has a background in business. I get that you think the United States of America can be run exactly like a business. But it ain't a business.
When Trump abruptly signs an executive order, first of all, that isn't exactly "coming to the negotiating table". That's "Ready, Fire, Aim".
Secondly, if he lowballs a vendor for Trump steaks or whatever, and they counteroffer, there are no real world ramifications to that. If he pushes out something that is questionably unconstitutional on a whim, or tweets about Angela Merkel's old face, or calls the Australian Prime Minister a faggot. That's not playing hardball. There are major, major consequences at hand.
Watch this interview with Glenn Beck starting at about 8:15. He speaks to this, about meeting with W while he was in office and how he told him "When you're president, just shifting your eyes is being watched by the Chinese, by your enemies, by your friends. When you say something and if you just shift your eyes, there is somebody in the world saying 'What does that mean?' He said 'You have to watch every single word you say'. Donald Trump needs to learn that lesson."
That's sort of the point I'm trying to get at. You can't just say whatever the fuck antagonistic thing comes to mind. You can't tweet out threats to other world leaders or domestic businesses who hurt his fee-fees. Not being hyperbolic to say literally the fate of the country demands that he cut that shit out.