Is Trump escalating tensions in Syria to distract from problems at home?

The two main stories in US politics ATM seem to be Mueller and foreign policy aggression. A cynical reading of this would suggest that the tail is wagging the dog. This could have worrying consequences.

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Northwest · M

Trump could not give a shit, about people in what he thinks is a shithole country. He did not want people from Syria to come to the US, with the exception of Christians, and made that part of his first Muslim ban.

Tensions, however have escalated, and he's now best buddies with MBS. He was showing him color posters with awesome planes that MBS is going to buy, so he needs to adopt to a more pragmatic, anti-Assad position.

Russia, wants to jerk our chain, and they have a convenient proxy in the form of Assad's regime.

Tensions are escalating.

Trump has Mueller, Stormy and other names, so while he did not invent the crisis, it fell into his lap, regardless of which part is doing the wagging.

eli1601 · 70-79, M

@Northwest obsess much