• aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com
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    9 hours ago

    I work with some Ukrainian and Israeli contractors. They are much more direct than the typical American, and there was some cultural calibration that had to happen on both sides of the relationship.

    Of course any competent international businessman or seasoned politician would already know this and navigate those cultural differences as a matter of course.

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      8 hours ago

      Agreed. So I don’t understand why he was so bad at this. Maybe because he had very positive experiences all those previous years? But it was because in the past his peers were aligned with him. This is the first time in his career when it’s no longer the case and he totally blew it.