Trump might be open to a deal but the current deep state is simultaneously too moronic and arrogant for such an arrangement to happen.
Trump is so moronic and arrogant that the deep state is your only hope.
He presents himself as a person who wants to avoid war because in terms of personality types he views himself as a businessman rather than a general. This means he wants to make deals, fire people and
get richer than others rather than make plans, control people and
defeat the enemy. The mentality of a businessman and a general is very different. Businessmen think in terms of dick measuring contests. You win against your rival because you have more than he does. Generals think in terms of grabbing the rival by the throat and not letting go. It doesn't matter if you have more or less as long as you have the advantage. Generals think in terms of means. Businessmen think in terms of aims.
And that means that that while generals are the indispensable tool of war businessmen are the cause of war that everyone always forgets about.
Trump may act like he wants peace but he will be the source of chaos and instability and conflict, The logic of force is counter-intuitive.
Si vis pacem para bellum. Trump was a destabilising element because of his "I'll bring peace because I'm such a stable genius".
The only reason why Russia invaded Ukraine was because of Trump and his policies toward Ukraine and the EU. The only reason why we have escalation in Middle East with Iran was because of Trump and his policies toward Iran. The only reason why Israel is doing what it's doing right now is because Trump is as close as you can imagine a president to be a "Zionist asset". Etc etc.
Also Trump has surrounded himself with some of the most radical individuals who want to fully embrace "divide et impera" and "you're with us or you're with them" mentality that the neoconservatives under Bush Jr really only touched.
American imperial deep state - as all imperial deep states, and China is here no exception - has its problems. But what characterises the deep state most of all is bureaucratic inertia. American deep state was responsible for numerous problems during the Cold War but it was also responsible for preventing the most radical elements in it from launching an all out nuclear attack on the Soviet Union when US had a decisive advantage and could win the nuclear war as understood in conventional terms (not in nuclear terms i.e. environmental consequences etc).
Love the deep state that you have because the one that may replace it is likely only going to be worse. Much worse.
Project 2025 is not the product of a deep state. It's the product of people who think they would do a better job.