Trump is clearly not a negotiator. If he was, he wouldn't be isolating all of our allies, instead of getting them to side with us to push change in China.
Ultimately consensus is only useful if all participants are willing to take the same action together. That is powerful.
But consensus that says “hey, China, you should have better dealings with us” but then none of the participants have the backbone to do anything, then there is no power and the concensus is worthless.