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It seems that the new POTUS, with one swift, decisive action has given himself and his administration an entirely new and quite positive image. Both here at home and around the world.    

Three ordinarily dissenting Republican politicians have given Trump high marks. According to FoxNews.com, Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham, “swiftly applauded the president, saying he “took action” to confront Bashar Assad “unlike the previous administration.”

Sen. Marco Rubio, “who has been critical of Trump’s past statements defending Russia’s Vladimir Putin, had nothing but positive words for the U.S. president on Friday morning. On FoxNews’ Rubio said ”the missile attacks on the airfield thought to be the staging point for this week’s deadly chemical weapons strike was “the right choice.” 

“It had to be done,” Rubio said. 

And even the constantly hostile Democrat leadership was forced to acknowledge the appropriateness of Trump's decision.    

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement: “Making sure Assad knows that when he commits such despicable atrocities he will pay a price is the right thing to do.” 

And then, in an attempt to keep himself and his compatriots in the game, Schumer added: “ It is incumbent on the Trump administration to come up with a strategy and consult with Congress before implementing it. I salute the professionalism and skill of our Armed Forces who took action today.” 

Nancy Pelosi too said the strike “appears to be a proportional response to … the regime’s use of chemical weapons.” 

Next on the list of those now reluctantly forced to admit that Trump is indeed a man of action is the normally critical Wall Street Journal whose reporters Carol E. Lee and Louise Radnofsky headed their article today @wsj.com: “Trump Shows He Is Willing to Act Forcefully, Quickly”

In the text the authors write, “One message was clear: Mr. Trump is willing to use force and to make decisions swiftly when he is moved to act.” 

And they then go on to provide the following comparison: “It is a dramatic shift from Mr. Obama, who deliberated at length over military decisions and resisted years of calls for a deeper U.S. military involvement in Syria to help bring the conflict to an end. During his own election campaign, Mr. Trump suggested the U.S. should leave conflicts such as the one in Syria for other nations to resolve, including Russia.” 

The difference between the two presidents being that while neither desired to intervene in Syria, although U.S. action had been called for in the past, it’s Trump who took the necessary step regardless of his personal preferences.  

Two readers offered opinions reflective of the majority of commentary.

Julie Bussing wrote: “Secretary of State Tillerson is representing the country astoundingly well – clear compelling language acknowledging the facts: 

“1.  Russia failed to deliver on commitments to locate, secure and destroy the chemical 
weapons. 

“2.  Prior [lack of ] responses to Syria have led to the continued use of chemical weapons. 

“And conclusion: There can be no role for Assad in governing the Syrian people.” 

DAVID SCHMIDT commented: “Nice to finally have a president who doesn't dither.....like the last one.” 

Responding to one of the few dissenting readers JOHN SAMES wrote: “Ridiculous post. Trump could cure cancer and the left would complain that he's putting oncologist's out of business.” 

Next came additional confirmation of the economy’s upswing from Terence P. Jeffrey @cnsnews.com that “U.S. Manufacturing Jobs Reach Highest Level in 8 Years” 

“The United States added 11,000 jobs in manufacturing in March reaching a total of 12,392,000 people employed in the manufacturing sector, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

“That is the greatest number of people employed in manufacturing in the United States since January 2009—the month that President Barack Obama was inaugurated—when there were 12,561,000 people employed in manufacturing. 

“In February 2009, manufacturing employment dropped to 12,380,000—a number it did not exceed until February of this year, when it reached 12,381,000.” 

Thus, we have another statistic confirming the negative effects of the anti-business, overly-regulated Obama administration. Which is remindful of a comment made by reader of a Fox News story a few weeks ago.   

At the time, the reader proposed to Chris Stirewalt that aside from all that Trump promised when campaigning, if all he did was to reverse the damage done by his predecessor at home and abroad, would not his presidency be a complete success anyway? 

And, from what’s transpired to date in that regard, the answer is certainly: Yes   

The next item concerns an interview with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof at a women's summit in which Hillary Clinton called on the U.S. to carry out airstrikes on Syrian airfields in order to prevent more chemical attacks on its citizens. 

The comment was made on Thursday morning, at which time the missile strike was unknown to the public. Clinton said: “I really believe we should have and still should take out his air fields and prevent him from being able to use them to bomb innocent people and drop sarin gas on them.”  

What’s most interesting about the item is that the first thought coming to mind is that her clandestine network of insiders is still quite functional. Because the timing can’t possibly be coincidental, which means that the likes of Susan Rice and Donna Brazile are still feeding her clandestine information from the White House and elsewhere, like always.  

That's it for today folks.

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