(CNN) On Sunday night, President Donald Trump tweeted this:

"Saudi Arabia oil supply was attacked. There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!"

The tweet was in reference to drone attacks on Saudi oil fields -- and seemed a very clear threat that a military response was in the offing once the culprit became clear. After all, the words "locked and loaded" directly imply that weapons are, uh, locked and loaded to be delivered at the push of a button.

Except it doesn't! See, what the President meant by saying "locked and loaded" actually had nothing at all to do with a threat of military strike! Not at all!

"I think that 'locked and loaded' is a broad term and talks about the realities that we're all far safer and more secure domestically from energy independence," said Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff Marc Short on Monday morning.

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