Trump once again shows his frustrated generalissimo side. Hitler and Stalin loved to do this too; pretending mastery of intricate military trivia to hide the fact that they had no actual understanding of strategy (meaning, what you use a military for). My respect for our military went up a notch (above my already very great respect), since some would have knuckled under to a puppet dictator like Trump. And let's face it, that's his personality. He may have won the Electoral College, but he hasn't comported himself as the President for one second.

In this connection, it's interesting to recall how much Trump wanted the pomp and circumstance of big military parades, Berlin or Red Square style, while simultaneously denigrating the military he's theoretically the CinC of.