--- title: Syria Missile Attack: Transcript of Donald Trump Remarks description: President Trump called on "all civilized nations" to help end the "slaughter and bloodshed" in Syria. canonical: https://time.com/4730215/syria-missile-strike-chemical-attack-trump-transcript/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-07T02:15:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:16:51.222Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Trump's Remarks on the Syrian Missile Attack og:description: "There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons." og:url: https://time.com/4730215/syria-missile-strike-chemical-attack-trump-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt067b7282e60cec91/6988c1d1cd1bba2f8e704a17/trump-us-syria_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Trump US Syria og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Trump's Remarks on the Syrian Missile Attack twitter:description: "There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt067b7282e60cec91/6988c1d1cd1bba2f8e704a17/trump-us-syria_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Trump's Remarks on the Syrian Missile Attack by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Apr 7, 2017 2:15 AM UTC  President Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria. President Trump speaks at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., April 6, 2017, after the U.S. fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria.Alex Brandon—AP 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. 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