THIS MAKES ME SUSPICIOUS: The NYT begins to treat Donald Trump with some respect.

Here’s one of the most up-voted comments over there: “We can quibble about details, but this approach is long overdue. Why even have a country if its citizens are not the primary concern of those in power?” And: “Have to agree that it’s time to play hardball with Saudi Arabia.”

On the other hand, since he’s basically running a 1970s Rust Belt Democrat campaign, maybe it’s not surprising that he plays well with the NYT commenters. Then there’s this:

Well, the NYT article serves to remind every Republican and Independent that Obama is a shitty negotiator. I mean, he is really, really, bad. He doesn’t even negotiate with the GOP, he just runs over them, with the help of a compliant press, or he issues ‘executive orders’ to get around congress. Bush and Clinton could find common ground with a hostile congress. Obama can’t.

Obama picked two really lousy negotiators to run the State Department as well. Hillary’s list of accomplishments as SoS looks like what a first lady’s should be.

Ouch.