Trump might be open to a deal but the current deep state is simultaneously too moronic and arrogant for such an arrangement to happen.
There is a fundamental lack of trust to allow such a deal to materialise as neither side would be willing to allow the other side to get what they want first and hope they keep their world after.
Also, from a grand strategy POV, such a trade will actually serve America far more than China in the medium to long run.
Once China has peacefully reunified with Taiwan, its principle justification for its military modernisation would be gone. Cue all the CIA funded Hanjians and useful idiots jumping out of the woodworks demanding China cut defence spending to fund LGBT gender studies and other useless western aping programmes as well as increasing demands for political reform.
At the same time America would be able to get concessions where Taiwan’s internal political and social positions are left largely intact similar to Hong Kong and limit mainland law enforcement powers.
The CIA would have a field day fermenting unrest and maybe even starting a terrorism movement and use the existing of that terrorism movement, and China’s counter terrorism efforts as justification for economic sanctions and increased military spending.
To be frank, after the lessons from HK, Beijing would have to be stupid to accept another such poison chalice from the Anglos.
Taiwan’s society is massively compromised by anti-Chinese elements and forces and needs to be thoroughly purged post reunification. Better to do that under the cover of war than with the CIA holding magnifying glasses to make every Chinese traitor a hero and martyr of the west.
