Fog Blog U.S. Political Log:
PRESIDENT TRUMP GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ATTACK SYRIAN AIR BASES WITH 59 TOMAHAWK CRUISE MISSILES! Fifty-nine Tomahawk missiles were launched from the USS Ross and USS Porter in the Mediterranean Sea, with 58 of them hitting their intended targets in Syria at 3:45 a.m. local time Friday. The missiles targeted the base's airstrips, hangars, control tower and ammunition areas.
.A U.S. official said all but one of the missiles struck their intended targets.Trump ordered the strike from his Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida, where he is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping.Assad "launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent," Trump said in a prepared statement after the cruise missile attack became public knowledge.
