washington white house spokesman sean spic say wednesday let president donald trump inexcusable reprehensible comment compare use poison gas syria president atrocities adolf hitler make mistake way say get topic screw spic say event museum washington personal level professional level definitely go good day history add spic trigger uproar white house brief tuesday discuss chemical weapons use government syrian president bashar al-assad say even hitler use chemical weapons world war two comment draw sharp criticism social media elsewhere overlook fact nazis kill millions jews others gas chamber eighty-seven people include children kill last week chemical weapons attack syria offer chance clarify remark tuesday brief spic attempt draw distinction two different use deadly chemicals late tuesday apologize handle topic come jewish holiday passover christians prepare celebrate easter wednesday spic say comment inexcusable reprehensible painful make time sacred jews christians say also disappoint professional standpoint especially say unbelievable couple weeks trump presidency note trump bomb syrian air base forceful response chemical weapons use assad government say trump host chinese president xi jinping last week produce tremendous progress job spokesperson help amplify president action accomplishments spic say distract message accomplishment ... disappoint think let president down spic say let trump comment compare assad hitler