It is easy to forget that not so long ago, Trump was vehemently opposed to getting involved in Syria. In fact, Trump campaigned on getting out of the Middle East and spending money at home. Back in 2013, Donald Trump tweeted a series of tweets urging Obama to not attack Syria.
RealDonaldTrump Tweets August 2013
A lot has changed between September 2013 and today. Trump is now president and is under investigation for is campaign ties to Russia. Far more concerning for Trump than his own poll numbers may be the specter of the current FBI investigation. So what’s a desperate president to do when his own polls are down in the dumps? In Trump’s case, the answer might be “read your own Tweets”.
When Obama was experiencing a slump in his numbers during the 2012 election, Trump tweeted and implied that a desperate Obama might launch a strike in Libya or Iran with the presumption that a strike against one of these countries might help his poll numbers. Obama never did this, but the Tweet seems strangely apropos tonight. Who knows if a 4 year old Tweet really influenced Trump’s decision to launch a strike, but one thing is for sure – having a long legacy of off-the-cuff Tweets might not be such a good thing when you are president.
