Washington( CNN) The Republican chairman of the House Armed Service Committee said Monday that President Donald Trump's prior announcement that the US will leave Syria was a “mistake.”
Thornberry attained his comments after Trump warned via Twitter on Sunday that there would be a “big price” to pay following reports of a chemical weapons attack in Syria. Trump's statement came after he recently announced the US would be exiting Syria, although a top general said afterwards thatTrump had enforced no timeline for withdrawal as the campaign against ISIS continues.
Sunday's announcement was almost a year to the day that Trump permitted a missile strike against one of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's air fields following another alleged chemical assault.
