‘To prevent and deter’: Trump’s statement on Syria strike
Text of President Donald Trump’s statement on Thursday night’s cruise missile strike on Syria, as provided by the White House:
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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 helpless 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.