Posted on 04/11/2017 2:19:04 PM PDT by ColdOne
President Donald Trump's 33-year-old son Eric told Britain's The Daily Telegraph that his sister Ivanka, rather than her husband Jared Kushner, convinced the U.S. head of state to launch 59 Tomahawk missiles in retaliation for a sarin gas attack last week.
"Ivanka is a mother of three kids and she has influence. I'm sure she said 'listen, this is horrible stuff.' My father will act in times like that," Eric Trump told The Telegraph in an interview at the Trump Turnberry golf resort in Ayrshire, Scotland.
"He also confirmed that President Trump's decision to bomb a Syrian airbase ... was influenced by the reaction of his sister Ivanka, who said she was 'heartbroken and outraged' by the atrocity," the British paper reported.
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I wouldn’t argue with that at this point. There may be some examples to be supplied, but nothing much comes to mind at the moment.
I would say, his election does seem to reveal he can appeal to folks based on his agenda, so perhaps I’m granting too much weight to that argument of yours there. As for Congress, you’ve got a pretty good point.
We did prevail on Gorsuch 54 to 45 though. That was evidence of moving some people to his side.
Trump MOABed ISIS in Afghanistan.
What I said.....above.
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