Russia either allowed TLAMs to rain down on a close ally, or its much vaunted S-300 system couldn't handle the threat. It is one or the other.
Either way they have egg on their face.
It would be interesting what ECM measures the USA employed in support of the strike package and whether they blinded the S-300 system.
Whatever happened there is a lot for Putin to digest.
Trump obviously was doing tit for tat and will now sit on his hands until Assad is naughty again. He could have attempted to decapitate the regime or enforced a no fly zone, but both of these options would be more politically fraught.
Then there is the undeniable fact that Trump has restored the World Order after 8 years of Obama. This affects the whole world, especially expansionist states such as China and Russia and pariah states such as North Korea.
The South China Sea is a problem that must be addressed sooner or later, likewise the mad child Kim Jong-un. Trump will definitely act when he needs to, we know that for sure now.
The left in USA have been claiming that Putin won the election for Trump. That accusation now looks pretty dumb. They also say that Putin has Trump sex tapes, presumably we will be seeing these sometime today. Putin has played the international law card but seems to be suffering amnesia about MH-17 and Crimea.
Also the Russian propaganda position that rebel CW stores were hit by conventional Syrian bombs looks pretty feeble, but has been picked up by the lefties and fellow travelers in the West.
Finally 59 TLAMs is a sizable package. Interesting what the % degradation of the Syrian airforce is.