Trump can t be judged by 2013 Syria tweets

Washington April 8 (IANS) A White House official said Donald Trump s tweets in 2013 arguing against military action in Syria should not be held against him because he was not the President then a media report said.

I think you d admit that the things you say when you re in a certain situation without the requisite experience that may come later shouldn t be held against you Trump s Deputy Assistant Sebastian Gorka said on Friday.

You may have great ideas about what it means to be a parent but you have no idea what it means to bear the responsibility once you have children. This is the same situation.

Gorka said Trump s perspective is different as President CNN reported.

What one says as a businessman...or what one says on the campaign trail in a politically charged environment for a year is incredibly different to the perspective you may have after you take on the mantle of the commander-in-chief and you are the person responsible for the safety of all Americans Gorka said.

That s what experience tells us and to judge based on statements they made when they were not in that position of responsibility.

Trump s past tweets arguing against intervention in Syria resurfaced on Thursday when Trump ordered a missile strike on a Syrian airfield in response to the chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad s regime on a rebel stronghold that killed over 80 civilians including children.

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