It is not unusual if you live in North Korea. But here in the U.S., that is very unusual.

Folks, we got a problem here. Let's be discreet. Let's not be contradicting each other's stories. Let's not be talking.

I think he was the only one who emerged with his dignity.

It was an embarrassing thing.

If America steps back, it adds an element of uncertainty and also deprives American businesses of a chance -- of a major chance to take advantage of the opportunities that the new economy and the new clean energy economy offers.

You see something like this today and the impact on the issue of climate is deeply concerning, but more than that, the issue of the American leadership and our prestige in the world and our ability to shape events as we've shaped them…

It is absolutely true that the president can lift the veil on a lot of this, simply by making the kinds of disclosures that have been the norm since Nixon.

if you have nothing to hide, you don't hide anything.

Yes. That makes sense to me. I'm wondering where the abundance of caution was before the president had multiple conversations with the FBI director.

the first rule of politics is if you want to get out of a hole, stop digging. And the president has been digging furiously for some time here.

What he did today was very much about protecting his integrity and the integrity of the Justice Department.

there are going to be many, many Democrats who are going to continue to push for this independent commission.

He has no compunction about going after anyone or any institution, the FBI, the CIA -- you know, the intelligence community, the media, the courts.

He judges it through this narrow prism of how it affects him.

If Donald Trump wants to deal with this communication problem he should look in the mirror because that's where it begins.

He is an improvisational figure. He always has been and that means he makes stuff up.

I thought should not be talking about impeachment at this juncture. I don't think Democrats should be using that kind of heated rhetoric. Let's be responsible.

I was disappointed, frankly, in some of the comments of Senator McConnell today, who seems like he's going to try and stonewall the notion of a special prosecutor or a commission to investigate this.

It could -- both things could be true. It could be politically strengthening for him at least in the short run to do what he did and he could also have felt it.

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

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

It's going to have ramifications starting very, very soon.

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 think he's going to find that people's…

If the intent was to send a message to Syria, there's also a message to the rest of the world attached, which is that President Trump is willing to order this action.

This is a vastly different approach than the one that he once and not so long ago recommended in response to Syria.