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President Trump forcefully condemned Tuesday's chemical weapons attack on civilians in Syria_ by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Apr 7, 2017 2:15 AM UTC President Trump forcefully condemned Tuesday's chemical weapons attack on civilians in Syria by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Apr 7, 2017 2:15 AM UTC President Trump called on [“all civilized nations”](http://time.com/4730204/us-airstrikes-syria-air-base/) to help end the “slaughter and bloodshed” in Syria as he announced that the U.S. had launched a military strike. Speaking from his Mar a Lago club in Florida, Trump told reporters that he had approved a “targeted military strike” on an airfield in [Syria](http://time.com/4730107/syria-chemical-donald-trump-assad/) from which a [chemical attack](http://time.com/4729702/rex-tillerson-syria-response/) was launched on civilians earlier this week. “It is in this vital national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons,” he said. Read a full transcript of his remarks. --- > “” --- ## Transcript [00:00] Yesterday's chemical attack. A chemical attack that [00:04] was so horrific in Syria against [00:09] innocent people including women, small [00:14] children and even beautiful little [00:18] babies. Their deaths Was [00:22] an affront to humanity. These heinous actions by the [00:25] Assad regime cannot be tolerated. 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