[mbrfl]

>>”No, they haven’t.”

Oh, but they have (started negotiations).

>>”And I hope you never have to buy or sell a house, since there is a vast difference between negotiating and closing a sale.”

The closing of a deal is inevitable. The details of the deal need to be and will be worked out.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

In my opinion, whatever Trump gets is going to be absolutely no better than what he could have gotten without the implied threat of invasion. Maybe worse.

That being said, now that he's backed off, it's probably better to focus on what comes next rather than continuing to debate on what he should or should 't have done.