A guest on Fox News directly addressed President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE on Monday morning, imploring the commander in chief to "take swift and decisive action" in response to an alleged chemical attack on civilians in Syria.

"The president needs to take swift and decisive action right now," Bassam Rifai said before facing the camera.

"President Trump, I’m speaking to you directly. Do not [make] the same mistake that President Obama had made," Rifai, of the Syrian American Council, said on "Happing Now."

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"The action that you had taken in Khan Shaykhun to take out the airbase there. That was important and that was ... a very strong message," he added, referring to another chemical attack last year.

"But what we need to do right now is to take out [Bashar] Assad’s Air Force," Rifai concluded. "If we ground all his Air Force, he won’t have the capability to attack Syrians from the air anymore.”

Trump said during a Cabinet meeting later Monday that he will make a decision on the U.S. response to the “heinous” chemical attack in Syria “over the next 24 to 48 hours.”

“It was an atrocious attack. It was horrible,” Trump said to reporters at the White House. “This is about humanity, and it can’t be allowed to happen.”

The attack reportedly killed more than 40 people in a town occupied by forces opposed to Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Trump reportedly watches Fox News often in the early morning hours and during prime time. He has granted 21 broadcast television interviews to Fox News and Fox Business Network since taking office. The last time the president appeared on CNN or MSNBC was August and May 2016, respectively.