...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
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As he soberly announced the assault Thursday night, Trump argued that the move was still within the framework of his "America First" foreign policy agenda.
The United States, he said, has a "vital national security interest" in stopping the proliferation of the kinds of chemical weapons the Syrian government used against its citizens earlier this week.
Yet Trump's actions left no doubt that at least in this instance his view of America's role in the world has been altered.
Trump is hardly the first president to reconsider his views after assuming the responsibility of controlling the world's most powerful military.
But with a major shift coming just 77 days into his presidency, his may be one of the fastest transformations in recent memory.
After spending years warning US leaders that Syria was a dangerous quagmire, Trump is said to have been moved by the gripping images of young Syrian children's listless bodies that were beamed across the world following the chemical attack.
He mourned the "beautiful babies" were among the dozens killed by the deadly gases and accused Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Trampler of Homs...
of having "choked" his own citizens.
His sentiment the United States' "responsibility to protect" echoed those often used by some Trump's ardent detractors.