this whole Iran missile thing was nothing but bullshit stagecraft to make it appear as if

[Javaman]

the orange asshole is "in charge".

this is only act one of part of the new "branding" of the orange asshole.

"look, I'm being presidential and stuff!"

all part of his reelection campaign.

nothing is ever as it appears with the trumpy the shit clown.

[samnsara]

1. that sure as hell didnt appear presidential...

...more like proving an idiot is in charge.

[RHMerriman]

2. I think you give the Administration too much credit...

I think you give the Administration too much credit...

Sometimes, the appearance of incompetence is just that. Sometimes, it really IS incompetence.

If this flap ends up making Trump look uninformed (hard to avoid, obviously), Bolton may not be long for the world. He's the obvious scapegoat.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

3. Bingo!

This is about increasing poll numbers period possible casualties would have been first information trump would have received.

Watch for fox and freeperville outrage soon.

[underpants]

10. Yeah but it really makes him look weak

I guess he couldn’t really shoot someone in the middle of 5th Avenue

[C_U_L8R]

4. And he certainly doesn't look very in charge... of anything

Trump looks like a clueless idiot fumbling around in things he knows nothing about
with a world-ending arsenal of nuclear weapons clutched in his tiny hands.

[lark]

5. Then this is a complete fail because his incompetence is on display for all to see.

I wanted to bomb Iran, but then I didn't (after talking to PUtin?). OMG, he looks like the weakest bully in the school and totally laughble. I don't see anything at all good for him or them coming from this, they just look incompetent and owned.

[Ohiogal]

6. And of course

We are being treated to breathless headlines all over the MSM this morning that Dopey did something decisive and presidential and kept us out of a war....

[Blue_Tires]

7. Hillary warned us:

“A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man who should have the nuclear codes.” -Hillary Clinton

[marylandblue]

8. You are right, he always bluffs.

[panader0]

9. Agree with you about the stagecraft BS.

Just a couple of years ago things with Iran were pointed in the
right direction.