From Steak Dinner to Situation Room: Inside Trump's Syria Strike
- President ordered the attack before dinner with China’s Xi
- Syria intervention came after national security reshuffle
Worldwide Reaction to U.S. Military Strikes on Syria
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President Donald Trump was complimenting the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping over steak dinner on Thursday as his military prepared to fire dozens of cruise missiles into Syria.
Shortly after laughing with Xi in the ornate, candle-lit dining room of his Mar-a-Lago resort, Trump made a televised address in front of a hastily assembled backdrop to say he had ordered a surprise strike on a Syrian airfield.