Transcript and Video: Trump Speaks About Strikes in Syria<br />By THE NEW YORK TIMESAPRIL 6, 2017<br />President Trump spoke after the United States carried out a missile attack in Syria<br />on Thursday in response to the Syrian government’s deadly chemical weapons attack.<br />There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under<br />the Chemical Weapons Convention and ignored the urging of the U.N. Security Council.<br />WASHINGTON — The following is a transcript of President Trump’s remarks on Thursday<br />night from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., as transcribed by The New York Times.<br />My fellow Americans, on Tuesday, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians.<br />It is in this vital, national security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.<br />Tonight I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched.
