Trump: ‘Something should happen’ to Assad for chemical attack

Published April 6, 2017 7:22pm ET



President Trump on Thursday suggested he could consider taking steps against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for his chemical attack against civilians, telling reporters aboard Air Force One that “something should happen” to Assad as a result.

“I think what happened in Syria is a disgrace to humanity, and he’s there, and I guess he’s running things, so I guess something should happen,” Trump said of Assad.

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