Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri iho i taua marama, i uiuia a Trump mo te alt-matau i roto i te uiuinga me "The New York Times". Ka whakahokia e ia: "E kore ahau e hiahia ki te whakaongaonga i te rōpū, a ka whakakahore ahau i te rōpū". I riri te tokomaha o ngā kaiwhaiwhai i tēnei whakakahoretanga. I te Paenga-whāwhā o te tau 2017, he tokomaha nga kaitiaki-matau i whakahe i te whakahau a Trump ki te whakarewa i te
Ko te whakaeke a te rererangi a Shayrat ki nga whaainga hoia o Hiria; penei i te nuinga o te hunga i tautoko i a ia, i whakapono ratou kei te hoki mai ia i tana kupu whakaari mo te kaupapa here a-iwi kore-whakauru i te Middle East.