General Discussion

The felon will never make the necessarily humiliating deal.

Never.

We'll have some weeks of "a deal any day now" and some weeks of "I'm the strong guy holding out for better." But there will be no deal.

He knows the deal that needs to be made will paint a giant L for Loser on his forehead and the narcissistic psychopath is incapable of sucking up the loss.

The only way a deal will be made before January 20, 2029 is if he dies or is removed from office. Then J.D. will make the humiliating deal. That is, recommit to Obama's Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), shovel out a whole lot more of their frozen assets than Obama did, and perhaps even accept a toll... uh "environment fee" (although I would hope they wouldn't destroy the law of the seas in that way).