He does this often. Forces a switch up in the news cycle. This combined with the bringing the troops home message will lead those Bernie voters he keeps recently talking about this week into his pacifist arms. Meanwhile the media plays his game crying that he didn’t start a war. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1304038348772855810 …
Even on the slight increase: he’s not starting new wars, he’s ending old ones. And “the Mideast” is not one large battlefield. But it has a semblance of strategic importance, though fast diminishing. Can’t say the same for the thousands stationed in Europe.