Trump on Syria Strikes: "Mission Accomplished"

NEW: President Trump says Friday's military strikes in Syria was "perfectly executed" and "could not have had a better result... Mission Accomplished!" https://t.co/X873rYGEeGpic.twitter.com/q4vyAQW7wm

— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 14, 2018

"We must do all we can to prevent Syria from using chemical weapons and prevent an unhinged president, or a hinged president, from taking us to war in the Middle East without a plan."

- @RepSwalwellhttps://t.co/8UU8dqR7Ve

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 14, 2018

Of course citizen Trump said President Obama couldn’t strike Syria without congressional approval—but now President Trump doesn’t think he needs Congress.

“I just can’t wait to be king!”pic.twitter.com/7JignYnE4G

— Tim Kaine (@timkaine) April 14, 2018

It’s long past time that we impose reasonable limitations on the president’s authorization for use of military force.  Congress needs to uphold its Constitutional obligations.  No more blank check — not for Syria, North Korea, or anywhere else.

— Mike Levin (@MikeLevinCA) April 14, 2018

Trump doing everything possible to distract from his bad domestic headlines, and willing to spill blood in Syria to do so. He has NO congressional authorization to do this, thus these strikes are illegal. We're monitoring. Emergency resource coming ASAP. https://t.co/G8AZawdrpL

— Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) April 14, 2018

They know perfectly well that the current commander-in-chief is a man of no honor whatsoever -- dishonest, corrupt, quite possibly being blackmailed by a hostile foreign power. 2/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) April 14, 2018

Could such a man deliberately wag the dog? That is, might he engage in military action -- killing people, and putting U.S. servicemen and women at risk -- to distract from his scandals? Of course he could. 3/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) April 14, 2018

Was the Syria strike an example? Not clear. But the suspicion is obvious and unavoidable. And who knows what comes next? So if you're in the military, you have to be asking yourself: how do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a pee tape? 4/

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) April 14, 2018