Daily Mail
April 10, 2018
The White House said Monday that it was ‘outrageous’ for Sen. John McCain to suggest that President Trump shoulders any of the responsibility for Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s latest chemical attack.
McCain, the chairman of the Armed Services committee and a Republican like the president, said in a harsh Sunday statement that Trump had ’emboldened’ Assad with his talk of a drawdown of American forces.
At the White House’s daily press briefing, a reporter suggested that Trump essentially green lit the attack, pointing to McCain’s response.
‘Look we’re still there. And I think that it is outrageous to say that the President of the United States green lit something as atrocious as the actions that have taken place,’ press secretary Sarah Sanders rebuffed.
The Trump spokeswoman said the president had made himself ‘very clear’ to Assad in word and deed.
‘The only individuals who played a part don’t reside in this country,’ she told another journalist. ‘And I think we’ve made very clear who we think is responsible for these attacks. And to try to conflate that, and make this on any part, in blame on this president is absolutely ridiculous.’
This article was posted: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 7:08 am
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