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syria. the horrific pictures that no doubt the president has seen and it begs the question what is the president's next move going to be and you get an inkling of what he will do by the tweets. he tweeted big myself to pay. that refers to a red line. -- he tweeted big price to pay. that refers to a red line. another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. sick. let's listen to what lindsey graham said. >> it is a defining moment in the presidency. he challenged assad in the past not to use chemical weapons. we had a one-and-done missile attack. assad is at it again. they see resolve breaking. they see our determination to stay in syria waning .
i do believe in syria we should be results-based and not slaves to a timeline. >> some leading republicans, as you know, senator, they say the president's words actually embolden the syrian leader bashar al-assad. listen to how the house armed services committee chairman and senator lindsey graham, a man you know well, listen to how they responded. >> i think the notion that we would leave syria is -- was a mistake, because we haven't finished destroying isis, and because people like iran and russia see a vacuum created when the u.s. leaves into which they will run. >> they see our resolve breaking, they see our determination to stay in syria waning, and it's no reaction
point. >> reporter: nothing off the table, and from the president this tweet, among others, specifically blaming russia, president putin, syria's president, assad: >> they see our resolve breaking. if it becomes a tweet without meaning, then he's hurt himself on north korea. if he doesn't follow through and live up to that tweet, he's going to look weak in the eyes of russia and iran. so this is defining moment, mr. president. you need to follow through with that tweet, show a reso that obama never -- resolve that obama never did to get this right. >> reporter: and the timing is somewhat problematic. just days ago president trump indicated he wanted to pull u.s. troops out of syria. meantime, we expect a meeting on the u.n. security council on this you issue later today. heather: coming almost a year after another deadly chemical attack there. thank you so much, doug luzader.
to use chemical weapons. we had a one-and-done missile attack. assad sees our resolve breaking, our determination to stay in syria waning and it's not accident they used chemical weapons. if it becomes a tweet without meaning, he's hurt himself on north korea. if he doesn't follow through and live up to that tweet, he's going to look weak in the eyes of russia and iran so this is a defining moment, mr. president, you need to follow through with that tweet, show a resolve that obama never did to get this right. >> okay, welcome back to "morning joe." it's the top of the hour, monday, april 9. happy birthday. >> it's my day so we can talk about just what i want to talk about. >> just on your day? never any time else? you're going to lead the conversation? >> we're going to talk "star wars" movies. >> feel free to interrupt. try something new. >> so nick confessore -- >> "star wars" correspondent on "morning joe." >> exactly. i saw david french last night. david, i love most of the stuff
line in the sand, the syrian disaster would have end elong ago. animal assad would have been history. republican senator john mccain is criticizing president trump following the attacks saying assad's regime was emboldened after he suggested last week that it was time to reduce u.s. involvement in syria. and republican senator lindsey graham had this to say about president trump's response to the suspected chemical attack. >> defining moment in his presidency because he has challenged assad in the past not to use chemical weapons. we had a one and done missile attack. so assad's at it again. they see us resolve breaking, they see our determination to stay in syria waning and it's no accident they used chemical weapons. if it becomes a tweet without meaning, then he's hurt himself with north korea if he doesn't follow through and live up to that tweet, he'll look weak in the eyes of russia and iran. so this is defining moment, mr.
we had a one and done missile attack. so assad is at it again. they see us, resolve breaking. see our determination to stay in syria waning and this is no accident they used chemical weapons. defining moment, mr. trump. you need to follow through with that tweet. show resolve that obama never did to get this right. >> following up on that, susan, the president again tweeting and he said this many times. criticism of president obama and the way he has handled things in this part of the world. is lindsey graham right? could this be a defining moment in foreign policy for this president? >> not an important moment in terms of midterm politics. that was our experience that we saw of course with president obama on this very same issue. but it is an important moment i think in terms of foreign policy leadership around the world and we may see the president pivot on a couple, in a couple ways. just a week ago president trump said it was time for u.s. troops to come home from syria and let
they see our resolve breaking. they see our determination to stay in syria waning, and this is no accident that they used chemical weapons. if he doesn't follow through and live up to that tweet he's going to look weak in the eyes of russia and iran so this is a defining moment, mr. president, you need to follow through with that tweet and show resolve that obama never did to get this right. >> joining us now, cnn global affairs correspondent elise labatt and national correspondent tim nestle and fellow at the council of the war on foreign relations. the president's tweets this morning and even this afternoon seem to be battling his america first instincts to withdraw u.s. forces from syria. >> well, i don't know if we'll even see a wholesale change of his policy towards syria, anark. he's made pretty clear that the immediate threat is isis. wants that job done, and i don't think that precludes him from answering and responding to this
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