It’s now looking increasingly unlikely that Trump will emerge from the conflict with any of those things. Trump, one expert said, will not want to agree to any deal that makes it look as though he “lost” the negotiation. “He divides the world into winners and losers, and this would make him a loser,” Eliot Cohen, a retired U.S. diplomat, told the AP. Exactly how much of a role the U.S. has been playing in the talks is somewhat unclear, although Trump told reporters Thursday that he had been “involved in the negotiation.” The official added that Trump “holds all the cards” in the situation, although whether he actually does is an entirely separate question.