Technically he lost ground, we had very very wide range on the number and location of us bases and now we're limited to two without renegotiation.

Sure, but with Trump there never really is a "deal", because at some point in the future he'll just decide he wants something else. See, e.g., NAFTA. In this case, he'll build up the bases and then declare Greenland part of the U.S.. I'd like to believe that the midterm elections will shift the balance of power, and Trump will face a reckoning, but in reality I think he'll do something like declare martial law and fuck the elections. He's already ordered republicans to "cheat like hell". It's going to be an interesting year end.

There's also a clause that says they can only be there if USA is in NATO.

Which ties them.to NATO for the foreseeable.

I don't really like it. Complains about the cost of defending a Europe he hates. Spends/Builds bases in missile/aircraft range to be closer to attack Europe but defended by isolation and no armies nearby.

Yeah, this is... Trumps playbook again and again.

Make up fake controversial bullshit, get massive headlines, never actually follow through with bullshit, and then just do what we were gonna do already and call it a 'victory'. But nothing was ever really done, it was all a storm in a teacup and legally or operationally nothing really changed.

All his 'wins' are just maintaining the status quo, and the media and the public eat it up.

It's like when you distract a crying baby by shaking the rattle that's already in their hand.

Besides the Orange signature being worthless, they could deal for less enemy's presence, not more.

Yeah I was always surprised they didn't just take over this way to begin with.