President Trump declared that he would fire missiles at Syria, and proclaimed in a tweet that “nice and new and ‘smart'” weapons would soon be launched.
Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 11, 2018
About an hour later Trump tweeted
Our relationship with Russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War. There is no reason for this. Russia needs us to help with their economy, something that would be very easy to do, and we need all nations to work together. Stop the arms race?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 11, 2018
Trump has openly mulled attacking the Bashar Assad regime after accusations that it used chemical weapons against one of the last pockets of rebels in Douma last weekend.
The World Health Organization said in a statement Wednesday that 43 of the 70 people reported dead after the alleged attack in Syria had signs of highly toxic chemicals.
The attack was condemned worldwide by countries such as the U.S., though Assad’s supporters including Russia have said there is no evidence that such an attack even occurred and vowed to respond to any attacks against its ally.
“Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and…