Source? I've heard the opposite, I'm not an expert but I do believe fusion is pretty imminent. Maybe not at MIT.

We can achieve fusion already, so presumably we already have control of it? Check out lppfusion. https://lppfusion.com/technology/focus-fusion/

I think if we discarded the failed attempts we could consolidate something here.

Seems to be happening https://lppfusion.com/international-focus-fusion-research/