Not an apologist. Although Trump and his administration are new to their role of running government an aspect of which is the military. He hasn't run a military before and probably has little to no clue what's involved. Like, take for example the HMS Ocean's deployment in the British Royal Navy where they were the flagship for Taurus 09 in 2009. They were ultimately responsible for leading the American task force in the Persian Gulf. Before she could do that, the crew (1/3 of whom were on their first deployment), had to sail through the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal, the Red Sea (past a war zone in Yemen), before finally entering the Persian Gulf. During that time they also had to do anti terror exercises and get flight certified. Point being, all the public knew was that they were going to head the task force in the Persian Gulf because that's what the news reported. The American military is going to North Korea, just not on the media's or Trump's timetable.