So now we are going to pay them to not do other shit. I thought the original deal was a bad one. Now we are discussing (hypothetically) another deal that would pay them to behave. So we are back where we started.
Trump does not care about that. All he cares about is that his name, his Brand, be put on every major US deal, and he will simply tell his base 'the prior was crap. My new deal is awesome' and even if it is the same or worse, they will believe him. He does not want prior POTUS's to have credit for deals that are thought to be good and that will endure.
that is his only rationale and if people have not seen that yet they are dupes. NAFTA, Paris Climate, Iran Nuclear, Russian nuclear, Trans Pacific, China, N.Korea, etc.
The parties on the other side do not have to lose or concede anything and could, in fact end up with the same or better deals. All Trump cares about is that they give him a PR win, any PR win, he can spin as the 'greatest deal ever' for his thirsty base with TDS.
heck he even threw Reagan under the bus and did nothing that was not done typically within NAFTA each year with its built in dispute mechanisms. There was zero need to scrap it other than he did not want what is considered one of the biggest wealth contributors in US history to remain as Reagan's legacy so he stole it. Trumpbots with TDS, who once loved Reagan cheered him all the way too. Shocking.