Trump’s old tweets are becoming a minefield of hypocrisy

President Trump speaks at a reception for senators and their spouses in the East Room of the White House on March 28. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Over the last two weeks, President Trump has attacked Syria without congressional approval, ratcheted up the use of force in Afghanistan with a huge bomb, and moved to reverse the Obama administration's policy of releasing White House visitor logs.

Each of these actions runs completely counter to the views and values once espoused by Trump on Twitter. And they join an amazingly long — and growing — list of old Trump tweets that have become eerily applicable to Trump's own presidency in ways that scream “hypocrisy.”

Below is a list of events in Trump's presidency and campaign, along with the old tweets that turned out to be rather unfortunate.

THING TRUMP DID: Attacked Syria in response to a chemical weapons attack on its own people

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2013

THING TRUMP DID: Attacked Syria at a time when his approval rating had dropped

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2012

President Trump on April 12 said that his order to send airstrikes against a Syrian airfield took place during dessert with Chinese President Xi at Mar-a-Lago. (Video: Fox Business Network)

THING TRUMP DID: Struck Syria without congressional approval

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2013

THING TRUMP DID: Reversed the Obama policy of disclosing White House visitors

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2012

THING TRUMP DID: Dropped the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used by U.S. military on Afghanistan

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2013 and 2011

The Defense Department released video of the military dropping its largest non-nuclear bomb, the GBU-43, on the Islamic State hideout in Afghanistan on April 13 (Video: U.S. Defense Department)

THING TRUMP DID: Blamed Democrats for obstructing his agenda and nominees, despite the GOP controlling Congress

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2012

THING TRUMP DID: Failed in his first legislative effort — the GOP health care bill

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2014 and 2013

THING TRUMP DID: Encouraged his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, to seek immunity

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2016

THING TRUMP DID: Saw his approval rating drop into the mid-to-high 30s

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2011

THING TRUMP DID: Held campaign rallies, traveled to Florida and golfed repeatedly during his first three months as president

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2014 and 2016

THING TRUMP DID: Played golf with celebrities and friends

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2012 and 2013

THING TRUMP DID: Supported a health care bill that the Congressional Budget Office said would reduce the number of Americans with health insurance by 24 million in 2026

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2014

THING TRUMP DID: Won because of the electoral college, while losing the popular vote

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2012

THING TRUMP DID: Avoided many intelligence briefings during his presidential transition period

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2012

THING TRUMP DID: Was named TIME magazine's person of the year

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2011, 2013, 2015

THING TRUMP DID: Dismissed questions about his business conflicts of interests

WHEN TRUMP TWEETED THAT WAS BAD: 2013