Later that month, Trump was asked about the alt-right in an interview with "The New York Times". He responded: "I don't want to energize the group, and I disavow the group." This rejection angered many alt-rightists. In April 2017, many alt-rightists criticized Trump's order to launch the Shayrat missile strike against Syrian military targets; like many of those who had supported him, they believed he was going back on his promise of a more non-interventionist foreign policy in the Middle East.