I suspect Gary Cohn is exerting his influence here. It should've been obvious to everyone that Trump is the most malleable person to ever hold public office -- he's never held a concrete position for more than like two years on anything. I did not, however, expect him to surround himself with so many "globalists" and "neocons" that would shape him into whatever this current version of Trump is.
China and Japan eating our lunch
True, but once Japanese domination of trade became ingrained, Trump gave it up. Pretty easy to infer that he would eventually do the same with China.
lol
Nah, "I'm really good at war. I love war." "I wanna be unpredictable." There was always enough proof to show he's had a fascination with war, and all it took was a little convincing by Ivanka and some pictures to push him into pressing the button on escalating matters with Syria.