trump bombs Syria while having dinner with China's President; was this supposed to intimidate him or something
Thank God trump is doing what he's supposed to. His actions will help to precipitate a new order in this country and the arrival of the new king. All praise be to Jesus for this.
And I doubt seriously he bombed 'Syrians' per se but Russian positions in Syria.
Trump invited China’s leader to his home, then bombed one of his allies during dinner
US president Donald Trump welcomed Chinese president Xi Jinping and
his wife to his private club in Florida on Thursday evening, and then
announced he had bombed Syria, one of China’s allies.
The move, which included launching dozens of missiles at Syrian airfields, was a stark reversal for Trump, who had long endorsed a policy of non-intervention
without Congressional approval when his predecessor Barack Obama was
president. It was likely a massive surprise for Xi as well—China, along
with Russia, voted against sanctioning Syria in the United Nations in February this year, and the meeting between Xi and Trump was billed by the US as an uneventful meet-and-greet session beforehand.
“Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in
Syria from where the chemical attack was launched,” Trump said at
Mar-a-Lago, about an hour after Xi and his wife had left in their
motorcade for another seaside hotel.
In February, the United Nations’ Security Council voted against
putting sanctions on Syria over the alleged use of chemical weapons by
the regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. China has vetoed Syria-related action at the UN several times, along with Russia. Amnesty International said in February that Russia and China’s latest vetoes “have displayed a callous disregard for the lives of millions of Syrians.” On Thursday, inconclusive discussions had been underway among Security Council members on a resolution condemning the chemical attack.
In March, Syria’s president said in an interview with a Chinese television channel that relations with China were on the upswing, calling the country “a real friend.”
China’s foreign ministry has been circumspect about the fighting raging
in Syria, and comments are usually confined to hoping the Syrian
government and the opposition build “mutual trust.”
Bonnie Glaser, director of the China Power Project at the
Washingon-based think tank Center for Strategic and International
Studies, said that the military action could send a message to China.
“China’s president cannot but conclude that Trump is a US president
who is decisive and willing to use American power, including military
power,” she said, adding that in relation to future tensions that could
arise in the Taiwan Strait or South China Sea, “China could be deterred
from using force.”
The bombing during the very public meeting with Xi could also disturb
relations between the two nations. As China experts in the US
government noted earlier,
the last thing that Xi would want during such a meeting is a surprise.
In addition, the second day of talks on Friday will likely be
overshadowed by US lawmakers and journalists seeking more clarity on the
administration’s plans for Syria.
Willy Lam, who researches Chinese politics at the Chinese University
of Hong Kong, says that Beijing will be somewhat dismayed that the
summit will play “second fiddle” to Syria in international media
coverage.
Making matters worse, the US has said it had notified Russia before the bombing, according a statement from the Pentagon, but it is not yet clear when Xi was made aware of the action.
In remarks in Florida after the military action was announced,
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson praised Trump. “This clearly indicates
the president is willing to take decisive action when called for,” he
said. Echo Huang contributed to this artic
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