the nation the night of the attack and he's saying it again now. he's throwing it down and not saying it wasn't just me being sad that i saw these upset pictures. this is actually in our strategic national interest to have done this. and that is, you know, he is stepping up, doing the opposite of second-guessing himself. he's acerting that there was a real role to play for the united states here on behalf of the united states citizens, not just to react to the chemical attack. >> the letter was like strangely normal. that was the thing. and the thing about this entire syria attack or bombing, it is not that controversial really. we're talking about something that obama was trying to do. trump did it. >> but controversial in the tactic that he took, right? very controversial in the tactic. according to washington, that is. and controversial in the problems that it could create in the region. >> obama tried to build a coalition and get congress behind him to do this exact thing. now trump do an obama thing in a