The President explained the strikes were taken to degrade the Syrian military's ability to conduct further chemical weapons attacks.
Donald Trump
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47th President of the United States, having previously served as the 45th President from 2017 to 2021.
It was a great honor to have President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan of China as our guests in the United States. Tremendous...
The reason you don't generally hit runways is that they are easy and inexpensive to quickly fix (fill in and top)!
Judge Gorsuch will be sworn in at the Rose Garden of the White House on Monday at 11:00 A.M. He will be a great Justice. Very proud of him!
Congratulations to our great military men and women for representing the United States, and the world, so well in the Syria attack.
It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.
From this day forward, it's going to be only America first, America first.
I now have responsibility and I will have that responsibility and carry it very proudly.
We hope that as long as America stands for justice, then peace and harmony will in the end prevail.
I think we have shaken them up, but I think we've had one of the most successful 13 weeks in the history of the presidency.
the president must get congressional approval before going into Syria here.
There could be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons and ignored the urging of the U.N. Security Council.
I think what happened in Syria is a disgrace to humanity. And he's there and I guess he's running things, so something should happen.
This is a Donald Trump who is now getting his information off of security reports and based on briefings, not simply reading things in the newspaper here.
the president was affected, was moved by these images of dead children among the civilian casualties and that was the reason why he felt compelled to act.
The Obama administration had a great opportunity to solve this crisis a long time ago when he said the red line in the sand. And when he didn't cross that line after making the threat, I think that set us back a long ways not only in…
The refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region continues to destabilize threatening the U.S. and its allies.
It was an honor to host our American heroes from the @WWP #SoldierRideDC at the @WhiteHouse today with @FLOTUS, @VP... https://t.co/u5AI1pupVV
Whether it's the Middle East, whether it's North Korea, whether it's so many other things, whether it's in our country, horrible trade deals, I inherited a mess. We're going to fix it.





