David Axelrod actually said...

"This isn't his expertise, this isn't real estate, this isn't branding, this isn't the Celebrity Apprentice, this is deadly serious."

"I hope whatever he does is the right thing. I hope it does hurt Assad and discourage him in some way from doing this again."

"Donald Trump is president of the United States now. A heinous attack has occurred. I think most Americans looked at that with horror and he now has the responsibility to do something about it and I th..."

"It's important for the administration from this point forward to speak with one voice on this and not send confusing signals."