Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said Monday that a recent U.S. missile strike in Syria does not make President Trump more presidential, jabbing Trump for his February address to Congress in the process.

Delivering one scripted speech before Congress & bombing another country doesn't make you presidential. — Maxine Waters (@MaxineWaters) April 10, 2017

Waters, one of Congress's most outspoken Trump critics, added that Trump can't take further action against Syrian President Bashar Assad without congressional approval.

Assad's unconscionable actions must be addressed through a thoughtful & coherent strategy - w/ Congress. I don't trust Trump w/ that task. — Maxine Waters (@MaxineWaters) April 10, 2017

The U.S. conducted a missiles strike in Syria last week amid reports of a chemical attack there.

Warships fired 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at an airfield near the Syrian city of Homs on April 7, attempting to damage the air base that purportedly launched the gas attack.

Trump delivered his justification for the strikes to Congress last Saturday, adding that the U.S. is prepared for further military action there if necessary.

“I acted in the vital national security and foreign policy interests of the United States, pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct foreign relations as Commander in Chief and Chief Executive,” he wrote.

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“The United States will take additional action, as necessary and appropriate, to further its important national interests,” Trump added in the message to Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanAt indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates Peterson faces fight of his career in deep-red Minnesota district MORE (R-Wis.) and Orrin Hatch Orrin Grant HatchBottom line Bottom line Senate GOP divided over whether they'd fill Supreme Court vacancy MORE (R-Utah), the Senate president pro tempore.

The missile strike last week marked the first direct U.S. assault against Assad’s government, as well as the most significant military action of Trump’s presidency so far.

U.S. lawmakers generally voiced support for the move, though many called for Trump to seek congressional approval before conducting other operations in Syria.

Trump’s decision angered Russia, a longtime backer of Assad’s government and one of its fiercest military backers throughout its ongoing civil war, although Russia was reportedly warned about the strike before it occurred.

Waters said Monday that Trump’s actions in Syria are at odds with the president’s past praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Even as Trump condemned Assad's use of chemical weapons in Syria, you have never heard him, out of his own mouth, condemn Putin #Trumprussia — Maxine Waters (@MaxineWaters) April 10, 2017