contradictions here. i have a lot of questions. the clarity yesterday, at least from trump s perspective, he said the pictures and the video, which nikki haley showed at the u.n. changed his mind. you can see the president this president understands the power of media. this president he s president because of using the leverage of the power of media. i think that in 2013 he criticized president obama or urged him not to intervene when there was a similar attack. i think we are seeing the evolution of his views in real time. i think it s natural to come in the presidency. every past president says the presidency changes you. the weight of the presidency starts to be felt. everyone has been looking for this moment where trump, the weight of the presidency starts to lay in. and yes, the chemical atack happened before, but it s different when you re the one in that office and in that chair.
saying that he is seriously considering something he said he would never do not that long ago, which is military action in syria. as you said, and as he said yesterday, in the rose garden, it is because of the recognition of how horrific that chemical atack was this week and of course what that means for the broader situation in syria. now, i am told by a source familiar with these conversations that the president made clear it is not a done deal. he has not made a firm decision. he is in conversations and consultations with general mattis, but that this is on the table and certainly if you go back and listen to what the president said yesterday about how he has changed and his view of syria and what to do about syria has changed in light of that chemical attack. this would be a potential logical step and now we do have reporting that that is, in fact,