After President Trump’s morning Twitter rampage on Syria, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA), a reliable presence on the social media service, felt compelled to respond.
Trump tweeted a series of angry posts with his take on the deadly chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held Damascus suburb, blaming Syrian President Assad, as well as his Russian and Iranian allies.
Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria. Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2018
….to pay. Open area immediately for medical help and verification. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. SICK!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2018
If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line In The Sand, the Syrian disaster would have ended long ago! Animal Assad would have been history!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 8, 2018
Rep. Lieu saw the president once again try to pin responsibility on his predecessor for the current situation and quickly knew that he had to remind the president that looking back and placing blame are not the mark of an effective leader.
Dear @realDonaldTrump: Remember when you launched cruise missiles at a largely empty field in Syria? That unconstitutional act didn't do very much. Remember when you said last week that US is leaving Syria in six months?
So what is your plan? You're the President now. Remember? https://t.co/Va3ls7QI4m
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) April 8, 2018
That Trump requires a reminder from the California congressman that as president he is now the one in charge of executing his duties as Commander-in-Chief is massively pathetic, but not surprising.
Trump’s entire political career has consisted of him blaming Democrats, Obama and Hillary Clinton in particular, for all of the world’s ills, and then loudly proclaiming that only he with is superior intellect (pause for gagging noises) can solve everything.
Rep. Lieu realizes that now that Trump has been in the job for over a year, it’s time to put up or shut up. It is the president’s responsibility to lead the nation, not in pointing fingers and placing blame, but in developing intelligent policies to respond to the developments in the world on a day to day basis.
If, like most people in the United States these days as his polling reflects, you don’t think Trump is up to the job, we can only hope that Robert Mueller finishes his investigation sooner rather than later, and we can start the process of removing an incompetent and deceitful dotard from the White House.