Trump ordered a missile strike on a Syrian air base last week in retaliation for the Assad regime’s chemical weapons attack that killed more than 80 people in rebel-held territory.
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While Trump said his administration would not send troops into Syria, he said Assad was “evil” and Putin’s backing of him was to blame for the Syrian war.
“Putin is backing a person that’s truly an evil person, and I think it’s very bad for Russia,” he said. “I think it’s very bad for mankind. It’s very bad for this world … I really think that there’s going to be a lot of pressure on Russia to make sure that peace happens, because frankly if Russia didn’t go in and back this animal, you wouldn’t have a problem right now.”
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