Now, surely this is not placation?!

The sense was that THE Donald was out to whack everyone. And now to my utter amazement we have this event:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2018/0706/c90000-9478353.html

In context this is known as placation. I cannot believe that The Donald in his famed Art of the Deal would ever have considered this ploy.

Of course, once Germans sense they have you by the nuts, they are going to squeeze. 

It is the Teutonic Way!