Syrian President Bashar al-Assad gestures during an interview with Iranian channel al-Alam News in Damascus, Syria in this handout released on June 13, 2018. SANA/Handout via REUTERS
The Independent: Trump wanted to assassinate Syrian president, former adviser claims
KT Macfarland, former deputy national security adviser, said Mr Trump wanted to attack Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad after seeing photos of Sarin gas attack on civilians
Donald Trump had to be talked down from ordering the assassination of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, according to a former adviser.
KT Macfarland, former deputy national security adviser, said that weeks after he took office in 2017, the former president insisted that he would “take him out” after seeing pictures of a Sarin gas attack on civilians.
The adviser made the revelation during an interview for the new BBC docuseries “Trump Takes on the World.”
“I said, ‘well Mr President, you can’t do that,’” said Ms Macfarland, a former defense official.
“He said ‘why?’ And I said ‘well, that’s an act of war.’”
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WNU Editor: A lot of people want Syrian President Assad dead. Former President Trump is not the only one.
