Was it Ivanka who forced her father’s change of heart…
PRESIDENT Trump launched the missile attack little more than 24 hours after his daughter Ivanka tweeted: ‘Heartbroken and outraged by the images coming out of Syria following the atrocious chemical attack.’
Until that point, the White House had been blaming Barack Obama’s policy in the region for the Assad atrocity, which claimed dozens of lives.
There was speculation in Washington last night that Ivanka’s tweets may have prompted her father’s change of heart. Ivanka, who works as an unpaid adviser to the President, is thought to have been particularly distressed by the photos of gassed children.
Within hours, President Trump had also broken his silence – again on Twitter – saying: ‘These heinous actions by the Assad regime cannot be tolerated.’
After the missile attack was launched, Ivanka, 35, congratulated her father, saying: ‘The times we are living in call for difficult decisions – proud of my father for refusing to accept these horrendous crimes against humanity.’