THE MOST predictable characteristic of Donald Trump, it appears, is his unpredictability. Having seemed, only a few days ago, to support the continued rule of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, Mr Trump last night launched a targeted bombing of a regime airfield in response to a chemical attack on civilians.
Among those caught out by this change in tone were Mr Trump's right-wing allies in America and Europe who saw him as an isolationist who would abandon the role of global policeman. Ann Coulter, a Fox News regular, said that "Those who wanted us meddling in the Middle East voted for other candidates" and retweeted one of Mr Trump's many anti-interventionist messages from the last time that military action was contemplated in 2013.
What will we get for bombing Syria besides more debt and a possible long term conflict? Obama needs Congressional approval
Paul Joseph Watson of the conspiracist website, Infowars, tweeted that
I'm officially OFF the Trump train
A more traditional isolationist, Rand Paul, the Republican senator for Kentucky, said that Mr Trump should have asked for Congressional authorisation, adding...Continue reading
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