Speakeasy: Ron Suskind By Jeff Dufour FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint February 18, 2009 5:00 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint “We’re not mightily adept at playing backroom poker in Asia. We go to the table with a big fat wallet, but eventually we get picked clean.” –Author Ron Suskind, speaking Wednesday about America’s image around the world Recommended Stories Spanberger leans on Bill Nye and Buttigieg in closing days of Virginia governor’s racePirro blasts Biden’s D.C. prosecutor for failing to prosecute 65% of crimesFEMA under Biden politically discriminated against Americans: Report TagsJeff Dufour Related Content News Millions of people in ‘half the states’ set to lose food aid benefits due to shutdown White House Senate confirmation-scarred Trump nominees find other homes in the administration Opinion (Restoring America) Trump hammers American farmers News ‘This insanity needs to stop’: Parents frustrated as three transgender bathroom cases unfold at one Fairfax County school House Top House appropriator bullish on post-shutdown breakthrough