Deals are waiting to be made. Trump has proven, time and again, that he really is a master of the art of the deal.
Would you rather have a nuclear-armed Iran — or would you rather see Russia give that one to Trump. (Just a hypothetical for-instance.)
Indeed. By the time inauguration happens Trump will already be extremely popular with all the nation leaders that have a clue. That definitely does not include Merkle or the other EU putzes.