So, the Orange Man Bad is doing that thing again – the one where he makes the “experts” look like total clowns. Turns out, his Iran policy is...wait for it...complicated. He’s talking peace, he’s hinting at war. It’s like Schrodinger's Iran policy: both at peace and at war until you open the box (aka, until Iran does something stupid).

The usual suspects are having meltdowns, of course. “He’s destabilizing the region!” they cry. “He’s going to get us into another forever war!” Wah wah wah. Newsflash: the Middle East has been destabilized since, like, 1916. And maybe, just maybe, a little bit of unpredictability is exactly what’s needed to deal with a regime that thinks chanting “Death to America” is a legitimate foreign policy.

They call it inconsistent. We call it strategy. Sun Tzu said it, “Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” Is Trump a secret disciple of Sun Tzu? Maybe. Or maybe he just wings it and accidentally stumbles into brilliance. Either way, it’s hilarious to watch the beltway brains try to figure it out.

The establishment types are clutching their pearls, worrying about “credibility.” Credibility with who? The ayatollahs? The French? Give me a break. The only credibility that matters is the kind that comes from having the biggest stick and being willing to use it. Which, let’s be honest, we do.

Deep State types inside the adminstration are probably leaking like a sieve, trying to undermine the whole thing, because they hate anything that wasn't cooked up at Brookings. Probably setting up their next gigs at CNN already. Don’t let them win.

It's all about keeping them guessing, right? If Iran thinks they know what’s coming, they can plan for it. If they’re constantly wondering if Trump is going to bomb them back to the Stone Age or offer them a golf game, they’re less likely to do something rash (like, say, building a nuke).

So, let the haters hate. Let the libs seethe. Trump's out here playing chess while they’re still trying to figure out how the horsey moves. And honestly, that’s why we voted for him in the first place. Drain the swamp, MAGA, and all that jazz. This is fine.

Sources:

* Central Intelligence Agency (Unclassified Reports) * Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) * Defense Intelligence Agency (Unclassified Publications)