{"id":70663,"date":"2017-04-07T08:14:18","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=70663"},"modified":"2017-04-07T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T12:14:18","slug":"dont-attack-syria-donald-trumps-old-tweets-to-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=70663","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Don\u2019t attack Syria\u2019: Donald Trump\u2019s old tweets to Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_70666\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/58e7340ec36188ac5d8b458e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70666\" class=\"wp-image-70666\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/58e7340ec36188ac5d8b458e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/58e7340ec36188ac5d8b458e.jpg 900w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/58e7340ec36188ac5d8b458e-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/58e7340ec36188ac5d8b458e-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. President Donald Trump \u00a9 Carlos Barria \/ Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to launch a missile strike on the Syrian military after an alleged chemical attack in Idlib brings back a series of tweets from 2013, when Trump urged then-President Obama not to go into Syria in a similar situation.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2013, Donald Trump, who was a real estate mogul and reality TV star before becoming president, strongly and repeatedly opposed then-President Barak Obama\u2019s intention to go into war with Syria after chemical attacks were blamed on Syrian government troops. The escalation was defused at the time when the Syrian government gave up its chemical munitions stockpiles, and Obama backed down.<\/p>\n<p>However, today\u2019s President Trump seems to be doing everything Trump-2013 criticized Obama for.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the strike on the Syrian military airbase, which was ordered without Congressional approval, is estimated to be between $30 million and $100 million, depending on which modification of the Tomahawk cruise missile was used.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/373581528405905408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2013, Trump repeatedly told Obama not to go into Syria.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What I am saying is stay out of Syria.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/375075774644363264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Three Syrian servicemen and two civilians were killed in the attack, according to Syrian officials.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Obama attacks Syria and innocent civilians are hurt and killed, he and the U.S. will look very bad!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/373527227935518720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2013, Trump highly doubted that US citizens would benefit from such an attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AGAIN, TO OUR VERY FOOLISH LEADER, DO NOT ATTACK SYRIA &#8211; IF YOU DO MANY VERY BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN &amp; FROM THAT FIGHT THE U.S. GETS NOTHING!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/375609403376144384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That \u201cmore important\u201d day has seemingly arrived during his own presidency.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Obama, do not attack Syria. There is no upside and tremendous downside. Save your &quot;powder&quot; for another (and more important) day!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/376334423069032448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The only thing that today\u2019s President Trump seems to have in common with his 2013 counterpart is his intention to be sneaky and strike Syria <em>\u201cby surprise.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why do we keep broadcasting when we are going to attack Syria. Why can&#39;t we just be quiet and, if we attack at all, catch them by surprise?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/372943068267573249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/walaa_3ssaf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@walaa_3ssaf<\/a>   No, dopey, I would not go into Syria, but if I did it would be by surprise and not blurted all over the media like fools.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/373054743742275584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If we are going to continue to be stupid and go into Syria (watch Russia), as they say in the movies, SHOOT FIRST AND TALK LATER!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/373057367321374720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/383834-trump-syria-strike-old-tweets\/\">http:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/383834-trump-syria-strike-old-tweets\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RT.com US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to launch a missile strike on the Syrian military after an alleged chemical attack in Idlib brings back a series of tweets from 2013, when Trump urged then-President Obama not to go into Syria &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=70663\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}