It is an encouraging sign from an administration facing its first foreign policy test.
Retired US Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, a CNN military analyst, said the frigate appeared to be a show of force by Russian Federation, which since late 2015 has been conducting airstrikes in Syria against forces opposing the Syrian regime.
Yet Trump's actions left no doubt that - at least in this instance - his view of America's role in the world has been altered.
Press Secretary Sean Spicer said President Donald Trump would not "telegraph his next move".
Russia, which backs Assad's government, blasted the USA attack as an act of aggression against a sovereign state in violation of global law.
The missile strikes catapulted Washington into confrontation with Russian Federation, which has advisers on the ground aiding its close ally Assad.
"The United States took a very measured step last night", US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the UN Security Council. Advisers said he was outraged by heartbreaking images of young children who were among the dozens killed in the chemical attack and ordered his national security team to swiftly prepare military options. US officials noted that the timing of the strike had the possible added benefit of signaling to China that Trump is willing to make good on his threat to act alone to stop North Korea's nuclear pursuits if Beijing doesn't exert more pressure on Pyongyang.
In response, Syria's ally Russian Federation accused the U.S. of encouraging "terrorists" with unilateral actions. He also said the top USA priority in the region hadn't changed and remained the defeat of Islamic State militants. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee. Still, he said the strike on the base, Syria's second-largest, with a fleet of Sukhoi-22, Sukhoi-24 and MiG-23 warplanes, is more a moral blow than a military one.
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US military officials said Friday they had watched a small drone flying over a hospital in Khan Sheikoun that was both a target of the chemical attack and also provided treatment for gas victims.
"There is no political solution any of us can see with Assad in the lead", Haley said.
He followed two days later with another tweet declaring, "There is no upside and tremendous downside" to an attack. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani said American military intervention in Syria was a "violation of global law" in telephone talks, said the Kremlin on Sunday.
In a speech on Sunday, Rouhani also criticised USA -allied Gulf Arab states for endorsing the US missile strike.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Moscow as planned after the G7 meeting in Tuscany, Italy, on April 10-11. But his supporters seemed willing to accept his decision.
But the strike has also drawn the ire of Russian Federation, a staunch supporter of Assad. Kellems singled out in particular "the speed and precision of the decision to strike".
Satellite imagery suggests the base houses Russian special forces and helicopters, part of the Kremlin's effort to help Assad fight Daesh (ISIS) and other militant groups.Trump has frequently urged improved relations with Russia, strained under Obama over Syria, Ukraine and other issues, but he said action had to be taken against Assad.
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