@DrALJONES
I don’t know, I feel like I’ve been hearing about these ‘boots on the ground’ (“US ground forces”) for so long that I wonder if something’s happened to them or maybe they’ve gone to ground somewhere else? Otherwise what’s keeping them?
The problem is, Trump is surrounded by people who won't tell him that he's losing. It's not clear that he knows.
I suspect he thought he already won, and he wants to win again, he's just frustrated that it's taking so long for the troops to get there or for Iran to cave to give him that next win.
He's an impatient little brat, but I don't think he's engaged with reality enough to know he's losing, just like in elections and court cases where he lost.