(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump brushed off a promise by Russia to shoot down any U.S. missiles heading toward Syria in retaliation for a poison gas attack on civilians and warned Moscow to “get ready.”
"Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and ‘smart!' You shouldn't be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it!" Trump said in a Twitter posting Wednesday morning.
Trump has been intensifying preparations for a U.S. response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, canceling a planned trip this weekend to South America and conferring with European allies on retaliatory steps.
Trump said late Monday that the U.S. will respond “forcefully” to a suspected chemical weapons attack by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime over the weekend, after suggesting earlier that Russian President Vladimir Putin may share responsibility. He would not describe the U.S. response or say when it would come. “I don't like talking about timing,” he said.
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