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Trump's daughter helped sway the president to launch Syria strike

According to one of the president's adult sons, Ivanka Trump influenced Donald Trump's thinking on matters of national security.
Ivanka Trump, right, listens as her father Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a policy speech on child care, Sept. 13, 2016, in Aston, Pa. (Photo by Evan Vucci/AP)
Ivanka Trump, right, listens as her father Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers a policy speech on child care, Sept. 13, 2016, in Aston, Pa. 
It's not exactly a secret the Pentagon encouraged Donald Trump to launch last week's attack in Syria, but according to one of the president's adult sons, Ivanka Trump played a key role, too.

Donald Trump's decision to bomb Syria was influenced by his daughter, Ivanka, being "heartbroken and outraged" at the country's alleged chemical weapons attack, one of the president's sons told a British newspaper. [...]Trump's 33-year-old son, Eric, told The Daily Telegraph on Monday that the strike was influenced in part by Ivanka, who he said she was "heartbroken and outraged" by the chemical attack.