Trump’s Syria strike could be the moment that defines his legacy
Nic Robertson
In London last week, standing shoulder to shoulder with his British counterpart, Michael Fallon, Mattis was asked by a journalist: ”Is your policy in Syria that Assad must go?” Mattis, who is fast becoming Trump’s most able diplomat, was deft in his answer: ”I would say on the Assad issue, we are working on this one day at a time as we throw Daesh (ISIS) on to the back foot.
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