US President Donald Trump took to Twitter again almost 24 hours after his threat to attack Syria only to state that an American strike on Syria in retaliation to an alleged chemical attack in Douma on April 7 could be “very soon or not soon at all”.
“Never said when an attack on Syria would take place. Could be very soon or not so soon at all! In any event, the United States, under my Administration, has done a great job of ridding the region of ISIS. Where is our ‘Thank you America?’,” Trump stated in a post on his Twitter page.
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It is the second day when Trump makes controversial statements regarding the situation in Syria in wake of an alleged chemical attack in Douma, blamed on Damascus despite the absence of any credible evidence.
The day before the US president has taken on Twitter to urge Russia to “get ready for nice and new and ‘smart” missiles in Syria”, following Moscow’s statement to shoot any missile fired in Syria.
However, shortly after, Trump has changed his tone and announced that “we need our nations to work together” and explained all the current tensions between the countries by “the Fake & Corrupt Russia Investigation, headed up by the all-Democrat loyalists”.
Despite the lack of credible evidence on the issue and denial by the Syrian authorities, the United States and its allies rushed to blame the alleged chemical attack on Damascus, emphasizing that a “history” of using such weapons by the Syrian authorities was “not in dispute.”
His social media storm comes in line with his April 9 statements, saying that he was mulling a “powerful” military response to the alleged chemical attack, blamed by Syrian opposition media outlets on the Syrian government without any actual proof.
This tough stance and accusations against the Syrian government are reasoned by reports were published by several Syrian opposition media platforms, citing militants, on April 7. They claimed that Syrian government forces had used chemical weapons against civilians in the city of Douma in Eastern Ghouta. The story was immediately shared by the White Helmets, which started posting unverified footage of the aftermath of the alleged attack, with claims that up to 70 people had died of “widespread suffocation.”