Here's a bit of background on how Trump was persuaded to agree to the Yemen raid by his staff. .
Donald Trump's staff get him to agree to policies by saying 'Obama wouldn't have done it'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7566861.html
However, Pip may have been a little hasty in describing the raid which missed its target and killed 30 civilians and one US Navy SEAL as having gone "pear-shaped". According to the White House, it was “a successful operation by all standards”.