Frida Ghitis, a former CNN producer and correspondent, is a world affairs columnist. She is a frequent opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to the Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. Follow her on Twitter @fridaghitis . The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. Read more opinion on CNN.

For many years you've been telling us you're the master of the deal. Well, now is the time to make the deal of your life. It's time to negotiate your resignation.

We know you'll drive a hard bargain, but people are exhausted, and there's a good chance they'd cut you a good deal just to put an end to this chapter. The number of Americans supporting your removal from office is climbing fast Many would probably welcome your departure. Isn't this the best moment to bargain?

Almost three years since your election, most Americans haven't been convinced of your greatness, no matter how often you proclaim it. Still, right now you could possibly negotiate immunity for all the crimes you may or may not have committed as president, in exchange for returning to private life.

Your former Trump organization vice president, Barbara Res, says she thinks you might resign rather than face possible removal from office. Who would want to end the presidency by forcible removal? That would be a true disgrace -- one of your favorite words.

Instead, you could walk out on your own terms and get back to your first love: real estate.

You could declare that Americans simply don't deserve you, that it was the country's fault. You can blame the deep state if you want. Say you don't want to waste your valuable time in a divisive impeachment process -- then blame the Democrats. If you're a really good negotiator, you might be able to sign an immunity agreement guaranteeing that you won't be prosecuted. Then you will admit to nothing and say that you stepped down selflessly, to spare the country. In that case, history might be more inclined to consider your version of the story.

You've told us that being president is costing you a fortune, as much as $5 billion. The experts say that figure is absurd , but what do they know? Haven't you already lost enough — money, time, dignity?

Imagine all that you would gain by leaving office now — and not just all the money you say you're losing. More importantly, think about what you would avoid.

The coming weeks of the impeachment inquiry will be excruciating for you and the nation.

There's now word that a second whistleblower is coming forward about your actions toward Ukraine. And while you insist there was never any quid pro quo, your own envoys to Ukraine have revealed damning texts suggesting just that: Bill Taylor, the senior US diplomat in Ukraine, wrote to the US Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, "I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign."

And the inquiry is just beginning.

The Democrats will do their best to flaunt the most damning material they can find, and the media will be relentless in its search for the very information you have tried to keep hidden.

Just imagine: If that phone call with the Ukrainian president -- the one you now say was " perfect " -- was enough to trigger an impeachment inquiry, what will happen when the less-"perfect" details of your presidency become public? Surely many of your secrets will go to the grave with you, but you can be certain that many others will emerge under the spotlight.

You have seemed immune to embarrassment and shame until now -- but that could change.

Little by little, people who have worked for you have started talking. Perhaps most of your loyalists will keep quiet, but there are early signs of cracks . Former Republican Senator Jeff Flake said if the vote were private, at least 35 Republican senators would support impeaching you.

But even if Republican officials remain subservient, you're not off the hook. Imagine how many government employees and private friends of yours know about your misdeeds. Most people who work in the government are not MAGA-hat wearers.

Most people on their own are not heroes, but courage is contagious. How many US officials, who have kept quiet until now, will finally decide they've had enough? How many will decide they don't want to enable a president who has launched a campaign, such as yours in Ukraine, to undercut the US intelligence community and invite a foreign country to meddle in American democracy?

There's a reason the whistleblower heard from several US officials concerned that you'd pressured the Ukrainian president to help you weaken Joe Biden's presidential bid.

What will happen if and when a fuller transcript of that Ukraine call becomes public? After all, the White House's reconstruction of the 30-minute call may account for just a portion of the conversation, as Senator Angus King and others have noted. And we know that just as the White House officials locked away the full transcript of the Ukraine call, they've worked to lock away other calls. What might Americans learn about your conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman?

It will go on and on. And it will ensnare some of your top confidants. People are already discussing whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Attorney General William Barr and your personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani have committed crimes relating to efforts to dig up dirt on your political opponents (potential wrongdoing they deny). What if they strike a deal with Congress before you do, exchanging damaging information against you in exchange for leniency?

The sooner you get out, the better your chance of displaying your mastery of the art of the deal. It will give you a chance to craft the narrative — to come up with a really good story about why you left.

To be honest, some of us have been, shall we say, underwhelmed with your negotiating skills since you became president. It looks like North Korea is eating your (and America's) lunch; there's no deal with Iran , or with China , and no immigration deal with Congress.

Maybe you can prove us wrong; maybe you are a great negotiator.

You could announce you've decided to step down for the good of the country. You could pretend you don't want to see the country divided by a lengthy impeachment process, and you could stop warning about civil war-like consequences if you're removed from office, or calling your critics traitors

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This is your chance. It could be the deal of a lifetime. If you play it right, the first paragraph of your obituary will describe you as the man who negotiated a historic resignation agreement to save the nation. instead of as the President who was impeached and perhaps convicted and removed from office and — not out of the question — who went on to face punishment.

Now is the time.