Maybe Trump was 'going' to drop the hammer IF a certain thing happened....
But it didn't happen.
"Hopefully" has a meaning of contingency with it....
Maybe Trump was 'going' to drop the hammer IF a certain thing happened....
But it didn't happen.
"Hopefully" has a meaning of contingency with it....
Yeah, it seems that 'the plan' didn't work out the way it was expected, or at least as soon as expected.