At the time, Scott Adams remarked… 'How do you respond to a fake gas attack? With a fake retaliation.'
Trump hit a basically deserted airfield AFTER he told the Russians he was going to do it.
A think Trump knows that he can't trust the info he gets. But he has to play along to some extent until he reveals the sting.
It's the challenge with the slow reveal. There are a lot of moving pieces on this chess board.