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As we here at thegoldwater.com informed you a few hours ago, last night saw another alleged chemical attack by the Syrian regime in which many lost their lives, mostly children. The death toll is still unknown with a body count ranging in between 70-150 according to the latest estimates. The events took place in Douma, one of the last rebel held areas in Syria.

We can only assume US President Donald Trump has by now been brought irrefutable evidence that this was indeed the work of the regime of Mr Bashar Al-Assad (who is backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Iranian Ayatollahs).

The city is completely surrounded by Syrian military forces and it is alleged that a helicopter dropped a barrel bomb during the night loaded with a mixture of sarin and chlorine gas which resulted in the horrible images now going round the internet (see our related coverage).

Related coverage: http://thegoldwater.com/news/22629-Warning-Shock-Video-Syria-Chemical-Attack-70-150-Dead-US-Blames-Russia

Mr Trump didn’t mince his words and got straight to the point: “Many dead, including women and children, in mindless chemical attack in Syria.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Many dead, including women and children, in mindless CHEMICAL attack in Syria. Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price…</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/982966315467116544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2018</a></blockquote>

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“Area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by Syrian Army, making it completely inaccessible to outside world. President Putin, Russia and Iran are responsible for backing Animal Assad. Big price to pay. Open area immediately for medical help and verification. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. Sick.”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">….to pay. Open area immediately for medical help and verification. Another humanitarian disaster for no reason whatsoever. SICK!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/982967389028569088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2018</a></blockquote>

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“If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line In The Sand, the Syrian disaster would have ended long ago! Animal Assad would have been history!”

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If President Obama had crossed his stated Red Line In The Sand, the Syrian disaster would have ended long ago! Animal Assad would have been history!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/982969547283161090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2018</a></blockquote>

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The last paragraph clearly referred to former President Obama’s backing down from his self-imposed ‘red-line’ back in 2012 when he famously stated that “any attempt by Syria to move or use its chemical weapons stockpile would cross a red line for the administration and change the U.S. calculus,” but when the Assad regime used chemical weapons against his own people, former President Obama did not follow up on his claim, even though then President of France, François Hollande stated that his country would assist the US in an attack against the Assad regime.

It was later explained that Mr Obama did so not to squander the success of the Iran nuclear deal.

Current US President Trump famously launched 50 tomahawk missiles in April 2017 onto a Syrian airfield during a visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping in Florida, warning the Assad regime that this President was very different indeed.

Related coverage: https://thegoldwater.com/news/2134-Syria-War-USA-Launches-Missiles-in-Response-To-Chemical-Attack

Many are now awaiting what the US President will do next.

Source:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/982969547283161090