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| President Donald Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago after the US fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP |
Trump: full comments
Here are the full remarks made by the president to reporters in Florida:
My fellow Americans,On Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians using a deadly nerve agent.Assad choked out the lives of innocent men, women and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack.No child of god should ever suffer such horror.Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syriafrom where the chemical attack was launched.It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention, and ignored the urging of the UN security council.Years of previous attempts at changing Assad’s behaviour have all failed and failed very dramatically.As a result the refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region continues to destabilise, threatening the United States and its allies.Tonight I call on all civilised 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.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 have passed.And we hope that as long as America stands for justice that peace and harmony will in the end prevail.Goodnight and god bless America and the entire world. Thank you......[READ MORE]
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'No child of God should ever suffer such horror': President orders launch of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles on Homs airfield where Assad launched chemical attack
- The Us military fired more than 50 tomahawk missiles at al-Shayrat military airfield at 8.45pm EDT Thursday
- Moves comes just hours after Trump said 'something should happen' following gas-attack atrocity
- Trump had been weighing up the possibility of launching military strikes after more than 80 were killed and countless more were injured in the sarin poison gas attack
- 'Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack,' he said in a statement from his Mar-a-Lago estate where he was hosting the Chinese President, 'It was a slow and brutal death for so many'
- Pentagon confirmed the military airfield was being used to store chemical weapons and was the base for the aircraft involved in the chemical attack on Tuesday
- Early reports indicate the strike has severely damaged or destroyed the aircraft and support infrastructure
- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US did not seek approval from Russia for the air strikes
- He added that Moscow had been 'complicit or incompetent' in failing to stop chemical attacks in Syria
By Hannah Parry and Francesca Chambers, White House Correspondent, For Dailymail.com and David Martosko, Political Editor For Dailymail.com and Associated Press
PUBLISHED: 02:20 BST, 7 April 2017 | UPDATED: 05:04 BST, 7 April 2017
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4388834/America-launches-airstrikes-Syria.html#ixzz4dXBLaPcI
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