President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, center, poses for a group photo with Senior Military leaders and spouses in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Trump was hosting the dinner for the group this evening. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Last night, President Trump had dinner with the nation’s “senior military leaders”–wish I could tell you who all was there but I can’t find a list–and their spouses.

At the conclusion the group posed for a photo, then Trumpianism set in:

White House reporters were summoned suddenly Thursday evening and told the president had decided he wanted the press to document a dinner he was holding with the military leaders and their wives. Reporters were led hastily to the grand State Dining Room, where they walked into a scene of the president, his highest-ranking military aides and their wives posing for a group photo. The cameras clicked and they smiled. A joke was made about someone’s face being tired. Live classical music played. Then, Trump gestured to the reporters in the room.

TRUMP: "Maybe it's the calm before the storm."

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REPORTER: "What storm Mr. President?"

TRUMP: "You'll find out." (via Satellite News) pic.twitter.com/bWMzGrDPNa — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 5, 2017

And from there we are off to the races

President Trump sounds ominous warning at military dinner: “This may be the calm before the storm.” pic.twitter.com/zsotCGXfFY — FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) October 6, 2017

Pres Trump told press pool "it's the calm before the storm." Asked what storm, "you'll find out," he said mysteriously. pic.twitter.com/7s8yAQASvN — Mark Knoller (@markknoller) October 5, 2017

White House briefing will be at 2:30pm today. Get ready for the "calm before the storm" question, asked 12 different ways… — David Martosko (@dmartosko) October 6, 2017

I suspect this is correct:

.@jonathanvswan on Trump's 'calm before the storm' comment: "I think there's a high degree of probability that he's trolling everyone." pic.twitter.com/PTr7Vh0YXB — Axios (@axios) October 6, 2017

Trump obviously enjoys winding the media up and he obviously enjoys being a the center of attention. This statement does both things. I really hope the press has better things to do than beclown themselves running after this but I doubt it.