To continue your metaphor, I’m talking about a private table where you know the people you’re playing with, not giving your chips away to someone that is a known hack and proven backstabbing party.

Also you don’t get leverage by walking out of the room, you force them to the table and make them play by the rules. And when they don’t, call them out loudly so everyone in the building knows they are cheaters. Trump was good for that at least.