What MBS tells the press he wants to do and what actually ends up happening isn't always very well correlated.

Hmm, okay, last time I read anything about it it was a big hoohaa over how they want 800B but it's likely doesn't worth that much, and how much transparency they would need to provide, which they are unlikely to truly commit to, so getting the funds together is so an uphill battle, that they are likely abandoning it.

But maybe they'll "settle" for less. After all there is money to be made, the haggling is just about the price.