tactics do work. >> threatening to begin the i.c.e. raids today, calling it off at the last minute is sort of the classic trumpian, real estate developer, make outrageous demands brinksmanship that actually does work. what happens is he will do something, and his political opponents and the media will say has donald trump gone too far, and then there is chaos and confusion, and then he hammers out some kind of compromise and declares victory. this connective tissue here between in the decision and the decision not to go forward with the airstrikes against iran, i think the process was obviously messy, but the president ended up where most -- at least many americans are, which is after iraq and afghanistan, tired of endless war. he was conflicted because he ran against dumb foreign entanglements but also likes to take a tough line against iran. the key thing, chris, this whole he backed down, he caved narrative reflects a pretty hawkish establishment members in