Weissmann: Trump Threatening People as the Leader of the Free World, It’s Not a Fun Thing To Be at the Other End of It
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WEISSMANN: "Well, it’s about. The chilling effect. I mean, if you look at the strategy now, whether I. Mean, again. I never like personalizing because I’m supposed to be here analyzing the situation. So leaving sort of me aside, the whole idea is to divide and conquer. If you issue a threat on covington burling, a reputable law firm, the idea is all law firms think about it. If you have a threat against a company, then you’re sitting there going, well, I don’t want to be the next company. I mean, that is a classic tactic of using fear. The concern about the fact that this is the leader of the free world taking these steps, that is not a fun thing to beat the other end of it. It can have enormous consequences in terms of business, in terms of reputation, in terms of the work that a university does for its students, for its faculty. And so, you know, that’s the kind of thing that you have to figure out how to deal with. But the one thing I would say is, if you do not unite, if you do not sort of stand your ground together, then you’re caving."
