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This morning, President Trump seemingly dialed back yesterday's tweets on Syria, which foreshadowed imminent military strikes despite Defense Secretary Jim Mattis saying the Pentagon was "still assessing" the situation.

Go deeper: A map of the groups that control Syria shows where ISIS has lost ground.

Trump: Attack on Syria "could be very soon or not so soon at all!"

He seemingly dialed back yesterday's hawkish tweet.

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<p>This morning, President Trump seemingly dialed back <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="yesterday&#x27;s tweets" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/trump-taunts-russia-get-ready-for-missiles-coming-at-syria-1523444387-2cfb1e44-a1e4-4cc9-a122-98ff23914561.html" data-vars-content-id="8abd38b1-24da-439f-9264-f6cc3663d51b" data-vars-headline="Trump: Attack on Syria &quot;could be very soon or not so soon at all!&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/trump-taunts-russia-get-ready-for-missiles-coming-at-syria-1523444387-2cfb1e44-a1e4-4cc9-a122-98ff23914561.html" target="_self">yesterday&#x27;s tweets</a> on Syria, which foreshadowed imminent military strikes despite Defense Secretary Jim Mattis saying the Pentagon was &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="still assessing" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/jim-mattis-military-strikes-syria-chemical-attack-trump-tweets-7765b67b-4ad8-49bf-a2f1-d6c5212b8864.html" data-vars-content-id="8abd38b1-24da-439f-9264-f6cc3663d51b" data-vars-headline="Trump: Attack on Syria &quot;could be very soon or not so soon at all!&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/jim-mattis-military-strikes-syria-chemical-attack-trump-tweets-7765b67b-4ad8-49bf-a2f1-d6c5212b8864.html" target="_self">still assessing</a>&quot; the situation.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-vars-category="rich" data-vars-sub-category="undefined-embed" data-vars-content-id="8abd38b1-24da-439f-9264-f6cc3663d51b"><a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/984374422587965440"></a></blockquote><div style="display:none"></div></div><p><strong>Go deeper: </strong><a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="A map of the groups that control Syria shows where ISIS has lost ground" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/syria-assad-isis-map-e77040b9-5bef-4c78-b34a-9bde298c6065.html" data-vars-content-id="8abd38b1-24da-439f-9264-f6cc3663d51b" data-vars-headline="Trump: Attack on Syria &quot;could be very soon or not so soon at all!&quot;" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/syria-assad-isis-map-e77040b9-5bef-4c78-b34a-9bde298c6065.html" target="_self">A map of the groups that control Syria shows where ISIS has lost ground</a>.</p><span data-ad-status="NO_AD_LENGTH" data-ad-type="midStoryAd"></span>

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