Donald Trump is learning the hard way that you shouldn't launch an illegal war on behalf of a genocidal sociopath unless you're prepared to be in it for the long haul. The same official told NBC News that while the Trump Administration has "had a series of tactical victories," it is still "facing a strategic defeat without clear policy guidance or a decision about where this is going." "The President is exasperated," the insider told NBC News. "He did not intend this to be a long, drawn-out war." I guess his mama never told him not to start what he can't finish.