Surprisingly Flexible Trump

Was Trump running a bluff? Were the tariffs just a negotiating ploy? It sure seems that way, if you read translations from the Chinese press (which it goes without saying is state-controlled media). The Reds are crowing about how accommodating American negotiators turned out to be. Were the tariffs merely posturing all along, not meant to break Beijing but to fool Americans into thinking Forty-seven is an incredibly tough guy (who in reality folds like a cheap suit when another country actually stands up to him)? The market futures seem to like the pull back by the United States, but in the event, this did not turn out like brinkmanship, but only a giant show to demonstrate to the domestic base what a fighter we have in the White House, who turns out to give Red China most of what they wanted even though they remain an implacable enemy to the USA.