North Korea may be offered a similar model down the road, a sweeping "big deal." Of course, Kim already has nukes, not on the verge of them like Iran. But talk of a "small deal" is baloney. This is how Trump works. If he can't get Kim to agree to some kind of "big deal," Trump will just ignore him.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T16:19:48.646Z

If Trump did a "small deal" with a nation, he thinks it would imply he couldn't do a "big deal." He doesn't want to look weak, and so he offers only a "big deal," or he walks away – "better no deal than a bad deal" as he said in Hanoi in 2019.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T17:10:12.406Z

In short: Trump only wants to do a "grand bargain," no interim or halfway measures. He's like a light switch: either "on" or "off" on major diplomatic problems.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-05T17:17:38.551Z

Inside Trump’s Hastily Written Proposal to ‘Own’ Gaza – The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-02-06T03:17:18.917Z