Syrians Cheer As President Trump Blasts Assad
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Donald Trump sent 59 Tomahawk missiles to blast Syrian troops after the country's president went after children in a horrific nerve gas attack! Eyewitnesses reported that Syrian citizens cheered as Bashar al-Assad saw his military getting blown away in a brutal attack — just hours after President Trump had declared Assad's "barbaric" attacks to be "a disgrace to humanity." The bombing was also considered to be a signal from Trump's renewed National Security team, after Assad had spent the past several years mocking President Obama's empty threats to go after the mass murderer.
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President Obama had previously vowed to the American people that the military would attack if Assad ever used chemical weapons on his own people, The threat against crossing a "red line" didn't deter Assad from deadly chemical attacks in 2013 and 2016. There was never a military response from the Obama administration — but Trump's orders demonstrate that things have definitely changed in Washington, with this Department of Defense video showing the moment that missiles were launched to send Assad the message.
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Vladimir Putin has also been blasted by UN Ambassador Nikki Haley for the country's support of Assad, and Russian officials declared the bombing to be an "illegal act of aggression" that endangers relations with America. Trump was dining at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida with Chinese President Xi Jinping while sending out the missiles — with D.C. insiders believing he was also sending a message to China about their support of North Korean madman Kim Jong-un.
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"I think it actually raises the importance of the North Korea issue," said David Dollar, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, "Remember Kim Jong-un recently used a nerve agent to assassinate his half-brother, allegedly, in Malaysia, showing the U.S. it is willing to do military action unilaterally…I think it definitely raises the stakes for China in looking at what the States might do about North Korea."
Photo credit: Getty Images
Donald Trump sent 59 Tomahawk missiles to blast Syrian troops after the country's president went after children in a horrific nerve gas attack! Eyewitnesses reported that Syrian citizens cheered as Bashar al-Assad saw his military getting blown away in a brutal attack — just hours after President Trump had declared Assad's "barbaric" attacks to be "a disgrace to humanity." The bombing was also considered to be a signal from Trump's renewed National Security team, after Assad had spent the past several years mocking President Obama's empty threats to go after the mass murderer.
Photo credit: Getty/Files
President Obama had previously vowed to the American people that the military would attack if Assad ever used chemical weapons on his own people, The threat against crossing a "red line" didn't deter Assad from deadly chemical attacks in 2013 and 2016. There was never a military response from the Obama administration — but Trump's orders demonstrate that things have definitely changed in Washington, with this Department of Defense video showing the moment that missiles were launched to send Assad the message.
Vladimir Putin has also been blasted by UN Ambassador Nikki Haley for the country's support of Assad, and Russian officials declared the bombing to be an "illegal act of aggression" that endangers relations with America. Trump was dining at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida with Chinese President Xi Jinping while sending out the missiles — with D.C. insiders believing he was also sending a message to China about their support of North Korean madman Kim Jong-un.
Photo credit: Getty Images
"I think it actually raises the importance of the North Korea issue," said David Dollar, senior fellow at the Brookings Institute, "Remember Kim Jong-un recently used a nerve agent to assassinate his half-brother, allegedly, in Malaysia, showing the U.S. it is willing to do military action unilaterally…I think it definitely raises the stakes for China in looking at what the States might do about North Korea."
Photo credit: Getty Images
