I think Trump is smart enough to allow them to save face somehow. Trump almost always demands far more than he expects to receive leaving plenty of room to accommodate his adversary so that both sides feel like they got something even as Trump met his expectation.
I also think Trump has assembled the best team around him that I have seen in my lifetime for an administration. Most of the big players on the financial side are like him - very wealthy. They are also older. In the past, administrations of either party have been chock full of people using public service to set themselves up for future high dollar jobs in the financial industry. These guys are working for us and don’t need the money or a future promise of a job. It makes a huge difference!
One has to wonder how much all of this Russia nonsense and the Mueller investigation has hurt Trump in negotiating. In that sense, he (and we) have truly been robbed to borrow a phrase from Levin, of his full Presidency for two years. China is likely watching the 2020 election closely trying to read the tea leaves because it is highly doubtful any other “politician” from either party would hold this line.
And THAT is why the Demonrat party is so desperate to take Trump down.
Screw this. Keep the tariffs and move on.
Our “team” is a bunch of Free Traitors™ led buy the only Nationalist in the DC swamp, Donaldus Tumpetius Maximus Caesar!