Let's go over this again:
Obama followed the constitution and asked for permission to use force against Syria - he was denied by congress.  So if Trump ignores the constitution you don't care?  I know full well this didn't start under Trump's watch but it's not like Obama sat on his hands and ignored it...One more time - do you or do you not have an issue with a president ignoring the constitution and using force against a sovereign nation without congressional approval?  

Putin is a total A-hole of the highest degree.  His complicity in the civil war in Syria as well as his duplicity at home is enough to make me wish him dead.  How's that for a derogatory statement?  Does that make me a patriot in your eyes now?

Finally, Trump can play Battleship any way he wants - of course it's his prerogative.  My point is why?  You are not going to scare Kim Jong Un and you might piss him off enough to push him over the edge.  Maybe he should have talked to the Chinese president about this.