How do you guys interpret this?

Some people are saying that this is in preparation for an upcoming military operation but Trump escalating the Iran war this close to the midterms seems like such a disastrous course of action to commit to for the Republicans.

My first instinct is because they've lost and are hemorrhaging money on all this stuff so they're abandoning it. But on the other hand, the middle east is a critical lever of world power. I don't see U.S. imperialists so easily abandoning the most energy rich region on earth.