President Trump on Tuesday said Russia is backing an “evil person” by supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad.
“Putin is backing a person that’s truly an evil person,” Trump said in an interview with Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo set to air on Wednesday.
“And I think it’s very bad for Russia. I think it’s very bad for mankind. It’s very bad for this world,” he said.
{mosads}Trump further argued that Assad’s use of chemical weapons on civilians makes the Syrian leader “an animal.”
“But when you drop gas or bombs or barrel bombs — they have these massive barrels with dynamite and they drop them right in the middle of a group of people. And in all fairness, you see the same kids — no arms, no legs, no face. This is an animal,” Trump said.
The White House on Tuesday released an intelligence assessment stating that the administration is “confident” that Assad used sarin gas in a chemical attack against civilians.