He did it to distract from impeachment, and because he thinks it’ll play well with his base during the election. It worked (so far) on the impeachment, though I think he was surprised when Iran basically backed down, so the news cycle is starting to pay attention to the impeachment again (though Pelosi’s decision to pass the bill to the Senate may have something to do with that too).
I totally agree with the little cartoonist at the bottom.
He did it to distract from impeachment, and because he thinks it’ll play well with his base during the election. It worked (so far) on the impeachment, though I think he was surprised when Iran basically backed down, so the news cycle is starting to pay attention to the impeachment again (though Pelosi’s decision to pass the bill to the Senate may have something to do with that too).
I totally agree with the little cartoonist at the bottom.