Opinion
Who attacked Trump, Democrats or Team Assad?
It’s been said that if Donald Trump were to find a cure for cancer, Democrats would still manage to find a reason to attack him.
Case in point would be the Trump ordered cruise missile attack on Syrian military aircraft stationed at the joint Russian-Syrian Air Force base in the Western Syrian town of Shayrat.
So now’s your chance to play “Who Said It!?”
Listed below are a number of quotes, and below them is who actually said it. Good luck!
- The strike itself is “an act of war.”
- Destroying Syrian aircraft is an “unjust and arrogant aggression.”
- The presidential action had “no legal justification.”
- President Trump is governing “in a manner entirely opposite to what he promised.”
- The missile strike is “in violation of international law.”
- Accuses President Trump of “acting like a warmonger.”
- A blatant “act of aggression against” that was in “violation of international law.”
- An impulsive and reckless Donald Trump is guilty of not “thinking through what are the consequences” of the attack.
- President Trump has committed “ill-judged, irresponsible actions.”
- The attack command is “unlawful.”
- President Trump is conducting himself in a “dangerous” and “destructive” manner.
- President Trump’s decision is “disgraceful.”
- The Syrian strike is “illegal.”
- Trump’s order is a “completely far-fetched pretext” for his military solution.
- Trump “risks escalating the war in Syria still further.”
- California Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee (The Daily Caller)
- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (The Washington Post)
- Virginia Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine (CNN)
- Michigan Democrat Rep. Brenda Lawrence (The Daily Caller)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin (Zero Hedge)
- California Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu, Colonel, USAF Reserve (Vox.com)
- Dmitry Peskov, Russian government spokesman (Vox.com)
- California Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (Vox.com)
- Russian Member of Parliament Andrei Krasov (Zero Hedge)
- Virginia Democrat Sen. Tim Kaine (Twitter)
- Iranian Foreign Minister Bahram Ghasemi (The Failing NY Times)
- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (The Washington Post)
- Connecticut Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy (MSNBC)
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (TASS)
- Hawaii Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Fox News)