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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Trump says US not going to get involved in Syria
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Donald Trump says the US is not going to get involved in Syria but that he had to act because of chemical attacks there.
His comments, air on Fox Business News, come less than a week after Trump ordered a retaliatory strike on Syria based on US evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad attacked civilians with chemical weapons.
Trump says, “When I saw that, I said we have to do something.”
But he also appeared to rule out deeper involvement, saying: “Are we going to get involved with Syria? No.”
Trump also warns that Russian President Vladimir Putin, in backing Assad, is supporting someone who is “truly an evil person.” That, Trump says, is “very bad for Russia” and “very bad for mankind” and the world.
— AP
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