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The Front National leader was speaking after the US leader retaliated to Tuesday’s deadly chemical weapons attack on civilians in the Middle East nation, which was widely blamed on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

The US fired cruise missiles early on Friday morning at an airbase near the city of Homs from which it was said the gas attack in Idlib province was launched, leaving more than 80 people dead, including scores of children.

She said: “I am a little bit surprised because Mr Trump has said on numerous occasions that the US would no longer be policing the world, and yet, that is exactly what he is doing right now.