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Keeping Assad and Putin guessing, Trump would make Carl von Clausewitz proud

By Tom Rogan
Published April 10, 2018 5:33pm ET
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Keeping Assad and Putin guessing, Trump would make Carl von Clausewitz proud
In this April 9, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, as he returns from a trip to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. | (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

I smiled on Monday, when President Trump said he would make a decision within 24 to 48 hours on how to respond to Bashar Assad’s chemical weapons attack on civilians in Douma, Syria.

I smiled again on Tuesday, when Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis canceled respective trips planned for this weekend.

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