Trump: Why I Launched a Missile Strike on Syria

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President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he ordered a targeted Tomahawk missile strikes on a Syrian airbase as he called on “all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed” in that country.

Trump spoke to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club, where he is hosting China President Xi Jinping, shortly after the U.S. missile launch in response to the Syrian regime’s deadly chemical weapons attack earlier this week that killed dozens of innocent civilians.

President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday, after the U.S. fired a barrage of missiles into Syria. Alex Brandon / AP
“Tonight, I call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in Syria and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types,” the president said.

“We ask for God’s wisdom as we face the challenge of our very troubled world. We pray for the lives of the wounded and for the souls of those who passed. And we hope as long as America stands for justice and peace and harmony (it) will in the end prevail.”

 

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