radical islamic terrorists. a lot of ways the proxies of syria could try to strike us, especially through iran, which has troops around the globe not to mention in the region. i m glad that you re here with us on this historic evening of this action. president obama thought about this but he did not get congressional approval for a missile strike so he did not do it. president trump didn t wait, the implications of the missile strikes in the mideast and the relations with russia and our security will talk more about that straight ahead. our overnight coverage continues here on the fox news channel on this important development.
little bit more about what just went down giving the magnitude of the strikes. and given the fluid nature of the admin director administration. president trump may tweet a lot, but on this he kept it close to his vest. pete was with the president of the united states this morning, now the question in the mainline of the united states, it is now friday morning, 3:00 a.m. here in new york. just after midnight out on the west coast. peach, you are with the president reporting for fox & friends, tell me about any indication that he was planning this. i spent a lot couple of minutes interviewing him before his event, it was clear of the situation that occurred had affected him, the kids, the visuals. the weight of the commander-in-chief, the weight of the world, you can talk academic about wanting to get in involved in syria, but at the
as we have been reporting, president trump surprising the world ordering missile strikes against the airbase near damascus. the horrible chemical attack that killed nearly 100 people, especially babies. that prompted president trump to respond. militarily, what does this mean? this echoes that reagan administration? it does. how do our opponents react? we saw breaking news at the russians are looking to d conflict over syria. that s where the diplomats come out after strong decisive action. hopefully an opportunity but history also shows that that could lead to additional conflict as well.
same time he felt we have a responsibility when international norms are being flaunted by a regime that is clearly counter to our interest. he didn t say that in 30 seconds, but that and other things this is a president grappling with a world where, if the u.s. doesn t intervene, it s not going to be other entities of the u.n., either we act decisively or nobody does. we go you served in iraq and afghanistan, what is your view of using missiles? does this send a message or is this the report was blowing up us pharmaceutical factory. does this have a military action and result in assad s mind? it s so tied to the action. key to making sure something is effective is making sure the recipient understands the nature of what has been done. this is not a bunch of empty
russia has backed him continually in the security council. once again we have to look at the broader picture. the goal of president trump s regime is to defeat isis, that s the number one goal, the threat that he sees to the united states into american national security. for that purpose, you need to have a somewhat stable government in damascus. the issue that the trump administration is going to be looking at is can someone else lead that regime? can you get a substitute figure? if not, bashar al-assad must stay in order to discuss the diplomacy. we haven t been able to have a successful talk in part because many of the rebel groups have been invited to show up to the table won t sit down with any