1) Ok, I'm gonna tackle something I'm getting from a lot of friends. I'm not there yet. But there is enough "out there" to at least warrant consideration.

2) The presumption is that the China Virus was a deliberate (but subtle) attack or, at the very least, "test the defenses."
3) I repeat, I'm not there yet, but it bears consideration.

4) This view then basically demands that Trump retaliate in some way. IF this view is true, there is no other option. Trump must retaliate. So, . . . how?

5) And, perhaps more important, what would happen afterwards?
6) My question has been that IF this was deliberate and IF Trump would retaliate, how would he do so? I think it would be as silent and stealthy as possible.

I do not think Trump wants to provoke a shooting war but he cannot let an attack, if this was one, pass without response
7) So, what would things look like if a response was underway or being prepared in the very near future?

Hang on:
8) First: Get Americans largely home and stocked up on necessities, water, meds.

DONE

9) Second: Begin a transition of business from serving peacetime consumer needs to war-related production.

DONE or in process

10) Third: Recall Americans from abroad.

DONE
11) Fourth: Pre-position hospital ships/meds/beds near anticipated high casualty areas.

DONE

12) Fifth: Aggressively enforce military chain of command/reporting procedures. Punish anyone who violates said chain immediately (carrier captain who was sacked).
13) Sixth: Surge military forces away from homeland.

DONE with the Venezuelan "drug interdiction."

14) Seventh: Make sure Russkies are neutral and informed. No accidental war.

DONE. Could be what Trump & Pootie poot were really discussing.
15) Eighth: Call out corporate traitors (3M).

DONE

16) The only thing missing is that in normal wartime-like conditions the press would be muzzled. This hasn't happened yet.
17) So, to recap, I do NOT yet believe this is what is happening, but if I believed in this scenario, these developments line up with what I would expect to see.
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