“Putin and Xi catch up on recent events in Iran.”

PUTIN: Hey! I just got off the phone with Trump, and this time I think he’s way over his head! He got lucky bombing Iran last year and snatching Maduro in January, but I don’t think he has any clue what chain of events he has touched off in Iran.

XI: Yeah! With all his other big gambles, he normally leaves himself an escape hatch. He threatens tariffs, and chickens out when the markets turn. But what’s going on in the Middle East is going to be a mess; America’s going to be cleaning up for years….