A sound plan. An effective strategy that would give any president pause. However, they overlooked a few key details. While they were playing a master class in chess, Trump was at a checkers board playing roulette and shitting himself. By playing roulette I mean stock manipulation and insider trading while he sucked on checkers pieces and shat himself.

Interesting theory. Total absence of proof.

Does the theory fit the available facts? Yes.

Do the available facts prove the theory? Absolutely not.

This was brilliantly managed by Canada, the EU, and Japan.