“Secretary of State Marco Rubio argued that there was an imminent threat because we knew Israel was planning to strike Iran and that should they do that Iran would inevitably strike us. But then Trump, petty demi-deity that he is, was unable to tolerate the idea that he was led into this by the Israelis, asserted that he was the one who actually encouraged the Israelis to attack Iran in the first place. Which, meant that the source of the imminent threat to which we were responding was actually…us, the White House, the president. It is said the gods laugh at those who make plans. Surely they were also laughing at this…and the absence of plans.”