There has been a lot of dutiful hand-wringing in the United States after Donald Trump's decision to bomb Syria. Many self-appointed strategists are happy to see the current president act with resolve on a key global issue.
The supportive comments in view of the show of military force ranged from "presidential" (CNN's Fareed Zakaria), "beautiful" (CNBC's Brian Williams) to "the right thing" (Anne-Marie Slaughter of the New America Foundation).
Zakaria especially stood out by arguing "tonight Donald Trump became president of the United States." He doesn't seem to have said that ironically — as in, American presidents love to fire off a bunch of missiles (as if that's an effective exercise of foreign policy).
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