This is how wars start by accident
by digby
From the New York Times email this morning:
A deepening diplomatic crisis surrounding Qatar has been complicated by the inability of top United States officials to get on the same page.
On Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, above, called for “calm and thoughtful dialogue” among Arab countries in the Persian Gulf, while the Pentagon reaffirmed Qatar’s role as a military partner. But hours later, President Trump accused Qatar of being a “funder of terror.”
He says whatever comes into his mind, which holds only a few stray “facts” he gleans in some conversation where someone flattered him one time.
If only he could be persuaded to not talk about anything, ever, besides his electoral college win and all of his fake accomplishments. He’s almost there already but every once in a while he says something that could start a war or otherwise destroy the planet. It’s a problem. Yuge.