A guest on Fox News demonstrated Monday that he wanted to reach a particular viewer: President Donald Trump .
Bassam Rifai, the public relations chairman of the Syrian American Council, a nonprofit advocating for secular democracy in Syria , interrupted his interview to speak directly to the president.
Specifically, Rifai wants Trump to bomb the Middle Eastern countrys air force in retaliation for the reported chemical attack that killed dozens of civilians in eastern Ghouta this weekend.
Rifai probably figured its easier to reach Trump through Fox than by navigating the White House bureaucracy for face time.
President Trump, Im speaking to you directly, Rifai said about three minutes into his interview. Do not take the same mistake that President Obama had made. The action that you had taken ... to take out the air base there, that was important, that was strong that was a very strong message.
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What we need to do right now is to take out Assads air force. If we ground all of his air force, we wont have the capability to attack Syrians by the air anymore.
Theres no word on whether Trump saw the segment, but the president has said he will decide within the next two days how to respond to the attack in Syria .
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