Trump Promises Strike on Syria and Warns Russia Against Backing Assad
By EILEEN SULLIVAN and MICHAEL D. SHEAR --- New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Trump put Syria and Russia on notice Wednesday morning in a Twitter post, promising that missiles fired at Syria “will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!’” and telling the Kremlin that it should not partner with a “Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!” After the threat, the president said in a separate tweet that relations between the United States and Russia are worse than ever.
On Tuesday, the Russian ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Zasypkin, warned the United States and its allies that any missiles fired at Syria would be shot down, according to a Reuters report. There were already indications that Syria was moving key aircraft to a Russian base in the Mediterranean Sea, taking pains to protect important weapons systems.
READ MORE:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tr...
Posted By: Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
Wednesday, April 11th 2018 at 12:08PM
You can also
click
here to view all posts by this author...
