He loves positive poll numbers. He lives for them. If he gets a popularity bump from Tomahawking Syria and dropping an MOAB on Afghanistan and sending ships to North Korea and more troops to Somalia and and and and won't he simply continue on that path of success? Screw domestic spending. Go all-out for preparing for war? Is he that simpleminded? No matter what he does he will always weekend at Mar-A-Lago and enjoy the beautiful chocolate cake that the restaurant serves and continue to live his life of privilege uninterrupted. Why should his private life change just because America is preparing for war and he is prez?