I think it's a Trump not giving a shit about details, even on the most perilous matters.

I'm sure he's still demanding he call all the shots. He just doesn't really care which way he shoots.

Who's the Dick Cheney?

There's no singular power behind the throne. It varies from day to day.

Trump's an oddity in that he's in fact the one truly in charge, but extremely malleable to various whims due to his narcissistic personality.

We've all seen this sort of lousy manager before...
it's like 'Office Space' took over the White House

NK seems to be doing their usual saber-rattling that they do pretty much like clockwork. Trump does NOT have to play into it and doesn't have to engage with them. And we should not HAVE to STOP anything because nothing (new) is actually happening.

The less tRump has to do with NK the better.

Don't forget he approved the Yemen raid in the middle of dinner.

He supposedly ordered the Syrian missile strikes during dessert with the Chinese President.

He's dangerous and stupid and lazy, all rolled into one. Not a comforting picture.

that his lack of participation means he is willing to abide by their decision. Yes, he can get all worked up and order a strike, but maybe he knows that this is nuclear war we are talking about and he is out of his depth. At least he wasn't in the meeting getting them stirred up and swaying them from making a sane decision.

He lets the people who know do all the hard, dirty work of meeting, hashing out the options and coming to a decision of what needs to happen. Maybe this is a good thing, but the $64,000 question is Will he listen to them? Or does he "know more than the generals"? 😳