These are excellent points, well put.

@heidilifeldman

But it briefly distracted us from all of Trump's powerful pedophile friends, and he thinks all of us suffering those costs are worth that for him.

@jztusk @heidilifeldman I seriously doubt whether his thinking is that logical or purposeful. What if he just hates "brown/arab/muslim" ppl (whatever fucked up categories are in his head- i bet he diesn't care whether there's a difference between persians and arabs), and thinks it's a drag to have all these bombs and not drop them on somebody? The random cruelty is usually the point.
@twobiscuits @jztusk @heidilifeldman Oh, there's a logic to it, I would term it, 'The betacuck boomer ego tour'. It's for every bloviating fat old narcissist who whines about how he'd have won 'nam if the liberals hadn't kept him from raping and murdering to his heart's content. He's just that pathetically desperate to be seen as a 'real man' despite having been a pathetic squishy potato whose daddy gave him everything.
@twobiscuits @jztusk @heidilifeldman oh, he definitely does. This just proves his fearmongering about Obama starting a war with Iran was merely projection all along...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-obama-iran-war-tweets-b2929535.html
Trump’s tweets saying Obama will start war with Iran to distract from domestic failures come back to haunt him

Several members of Trump’s cabinet have previously spoken out against foreign interventions

The Independent

@twobiscuits @heidilifeldman

As Serwer said, yes, the cruelty is the point. But it is not random.

Perhaps just how cruel to be is subject to his whims, but the targets are very clearly deliberately chosen.