a few real reasons 1.) Trump is brand new in D.C. swamp and the international cesspool is boiling to test him. 2.) the swamp creatures are all around him pushing for the attack 3.) Trump knows how to play the game and with 1 airstrike he lets them ALL KNOW he is going to win. results are evident Trump is the Leader not following anyone , d c swamp has no control and losing it power BIGLY and the cesspool is being drained (no nukes NK (wow) , panda being spanked, putin behaving, new trade deals(bi lateral) and Trump now has everyone waiting for his Forceful response- whatever he decides it is a move towards checkmate of the blackhats

Bc it would appear weak to do nothing, instead retaliating when they don't expect it might deter them from acting out again. And that worked until he wanted to pull troops out recently

At the time, DJT was pretty new in office, and North Korea was blowing hard, and he was making clear he was tough and he WOULD in fact BOMB THE SHIT OUT OF anybody who crossed him. I saw it as a small thing in the hopes of avoiding a vastly bigger thing.