Direct from the Dictators playbook 101. When pressure starts, create a crises. It has been obvious to most rational thinking people that tRump cares not for others nor his country. He cares for himself and will do anything to stay in power (and out of jail). He and his cronies created this scenario when they pulled out of the Iranian Nuclear deal. It was their hold card for the future and now it their time to use it. Problem is that if a war starts the stock market will crash.
One good sign is that the price of oil is rising.