WaPo is reporting that Tillerson may soon be out, and Pompeo in at State, with Tom Cotton replacing Pompeo at CIA.
Tillerson will not cover Trump, especially on bombing North Korea, so Trump is looking for the political cover he needs to bomb Little Rocket Man.
Meanwhile, Russia is looking at Washington’s moves to find cover of their own.
"The Americans need to explain to us all what they are actually up to. If they seek a pretext to destroy North Korea, they should openly say so and the US leadership should confirm it. Then we would decide how to respond," the [Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov] added.
At the moment, this is about two things that Donald Trump wants badly: To have pressure taken off him politically and to regain some control domestically, and to use nuclear weapons against North Korea.