Of all the climbdowns that Trump has had to engage in in his first 100 days of office, his backtracking in relation to tariffs to be imposed on China is the most satisfying.
It only took a visit from the heads of four major retailers in the United States to the White House to tell him that the shelves would be soon empty to force Trump to lie about negotiations for a deal with China.
Yes, it was a lie. There were no negotiations.
But there will be.
Because a country with 3,000 years of civilisation have the vulgarian, parvenu, arriviste Trump and Vance by the balls.
And now Trump is talking about a deal.