Frequent Trump critic Ted Lieu applauds troop pullout from Syria

Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu (Calif.), a frequent critic of President Trump, applauded the president's decision on Wednesday to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria.

"I applaud the decision by @realDonaldTrump to withdraw US troops from Syria," Lieu tweeted several hours after the official White House announcement emerged.

"Neither the Obama Administration nor the Trump Administration had a strategy," Lieu added. "Neither Administration could articulate why we were in Syria, what the end state would be, and how we would achieve it."

Lieu's tweet came in response to a CNN report that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) had called the decision a "great disservice" to the U.S.