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Trump's still highly influential top trade negotiator Bob Lighthizer even said an assumption that the UK would stay close to the EU to help its own businesses had prevented him from pursuing a deal.

To put it another way: In 2015, Trump told the Republican Jewish Coalition, “Look, I’m a negotiator like you, folks; we’re negotiators. This room negotiates perhaps more than any room I’ve spoken to—maybe more.”

Carol Lombardini, who represented the major studios at the bargaining table during last year’s writers’ and actors’ strikes, is set to step down as president and chief negotiator of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in 2025.

The chief negotiator for the top studios and streamers is often regarded as the nemesis of Hollywood labor, but Lombardini had a different take upon stepping into the role more than a decade ago.

“As the chief negotiator, you are the target of negative attention from the other side,” she told The Times.