The president's announcement also appeared to contradict fresh suggestions from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. Asked Tuesday about Mnuchin's prior suggestion that the White House could announce an agreement with Beijing in the next two weeks, Mulvaney said, "I think that's fair."
Either this bozo of a president doesn't know or care what's going on in his own administration or he is playing a slow stupid game against the masters of patience. I think the former is the case.