Trump Surrenders Element of Surprise by Warning Russia of Planned Strike on Its Ally Syria - The Intercept

This Oct. 7, 2016 satellite image released by the U.S. Department of Defense shows Shayrat air base in Syria. The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles on Friday, April 7, 2017 in fiery retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. (DigitalGlobe/U.S. Department of Defense via AP)

Trump Surrenders Element of Surprise by Warning Russia of Planned Strike on Its Ally Syria

Despite his pledge as a candidate to reintroduce the element of surprise in U.S. military strategy, Donald Trump made sure Syria knew this attack was coming.