Trump On Syria Chemical Attack: I Guess ‘Something Should Happen’ To Assad

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Air Force One while in flight from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to Palm Beach International Airport, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on Air Force One while in flight from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., to Palm Beach International Airport, Fla., Thursday, April 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said that a chemical weapons attack in Syria that killed dozens of civilians “shouldn’t have happened” and suggested that “something should happen” to Syrian President Bashar Assad as a result.

“He’s there and I guess he’s running things, so something should happen,” Trump told pool reporters when asked whether he thinks Assad should leave power. “I think what Assad did is terrible.”

He called the attack “a disgrace to humanity” and “truly one of the egregious crimes.”

“It shouldn’t have happened. And it shouldn’t be allowed to happen,” Trump said.

He said that he had not spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose country has long supported Assad’s regime, about the attack, but might do so “at some point.”

When pressed to say what specific steps he plans to take, Trump said: “I don’t want to say what I’m going to be doing with respect to Syria.”

Trump on Tuesday claimed that the attack was the consequence of “weakness and irresolution” in President Barack Obama’s administration.

Republican and Democratic senators, however, blamed Trump’s administration for sending signals that encouraged the Syrian regime to “act with impunity.”

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  1. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    I guess he’s running things, so something should happen…

    Depp shit, man…

  2. Send Jared and Invanka over to talk with him. Or invite him to Mar-A-Lago. Or something.

  3. Cause - DT said that he had not spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the attack.

    Effect - “I don’t want to say what I’m going to be doing with respect to Syria.”

  4. Avatar for sanni sanni says:

    This is going to get very complicated very quickly. The situation is untenable.

    It is also going to be very tricky for this particular crew working through the still not quite sure what is there but something is there Russian Haze.

    The idea that some action could be taken by getting Russia to soften/change its adamant support for the Syrian government is going to be subject to another “Who knew it would be so hard?” situation for team trump.

    Reuters: Russian TV shows Syrian attack - but with no victims.

  5. Boy, does THIS ever have Assad shaking in his boots.

    [After Pearl Harbor}

    FDR: “December 7, 1941…A day that will live in infamy”

    TRUMP: “I guess something should happen to Tojo.”

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