The longer this deal takes, the closer the "announcable" date to...

The longer this deal takes, the closer the "announcable" date to the re-election. Chinese can't afford to wait Trump out, so the best course of action for China is to agree to a deal that they have no intension of honouring. They have to draw it out though, make a lot of sucking-sounds when the US team suggests something material, so goes the charade. US chumps then will believe it was hard-earned and therefore means something. Strategy is straight out of the Art of War, not the Art of the Deal. PS Donald is a soft c&ck. it's the team behind him that are playing hard ball. anyone on the inside of the NAFTA reneg knows this. Just ask Vladimir Vladimirich.