CLEAN-UP JOB

This seems to be the new pattern in U.S. foreign policy: Trump tweets out some belligerent and ill-informed opinion on Twitter, then sends out his proxies to undo the damage and say that he really didn't mean it. This bad cop/good cop routine is going to wear thin

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/02/cleaning-up-after-trump-mattis-says-u-s-wont-steal-iraqi-oil.html
Cleaning Up After