???  Putin is going to be grumpy with Trumpy over the whole thing since he cozies up to Asaad.  The only reason I brought it up was to point out it's not really Justin's problem -- which, after all, is what both the column and my comment were about.

Still say Trump did this out of political expediency.  Approval rating sagging?  Humiliating defeat in congress?  Be a he-man on the world stage and say it's for the babies!

The irony is that the far right loonies who were his biggest booster squad all think he let them down.  Even Milo said he felt like Daddy abandoned him......

Maybe the centre right who are foolish enough to fall for his shtick will make up for it -- but my guess is it won't be for long.