Trump warns that by attacking Assad, US will end up fighting Russia

[TomCADem]

Hey, it seemed that just a few months ago, Trump was slamming President Obama for being overly harsh with Syria and Russia. Heck, even Russia Today, was happily reporting Trump's comments. Talk about mixed messages.

https://www.rt.com/news/366647-trump-syria-isis-russia-relations/

US President-elect Donald Trump has confirmed that he will most likely abandon the Obama administration policy on Syria to seek a possible rapprochement with Russia on the issue of Assad. “I’ve had an opposite view of many people regarding Syria,” the 70-year-old Republican told the Wall Street Journal in his first interview since the election.

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Trump, on the other hand, said on Friday that the US should be focused on fighting Islamic State, instead of pursuing regime change in Syria.

“My attitude was you’re fighting Syria, Syria is fighting ISIS, and you have to get rid of ISIS. Russia is now totally aligned with Syria, and now you have Iran, which is becoming powerful, because of us, is aligned with Syria... Now we’re backing rebels against Syria, and we have no idea who these people are.”

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The president-elect warned that if the US attacks Assad, “we end up fighting Russia, fighting Syria.”

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He has absolutely no idea what he's doing.

And it doesn't bother him to do something he said he wouldn't do.

[TomCADem]

2. Given Trump's Prior Statements and Haley/Tillerson's Recent Announcement...

...that the U.S. would be comfortable with Assad, you can see why Assad may have thought he now had the green light to use WMDs on his own people.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Tillerson doesn't know what he's doing, either.

What a clusterfuck this could turn out to be...

[Cha]

4. trumps full of shit