Trump Vows ‘Big Damage’ After Attack on US Troops in Syria
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, DC, on Dec. 13.
Photographer: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump signaled Sunday the US will do “big damage” to the militants behind a deadly attack on American forces in Syria that he blamed on the Islamic State.
Trump’s comment amplified his vow to inflict “serious retaliation” after two US Army soldiers and a US interpreter were killed in the attack Saturday in the Syrian city of Palmyra during counterterrorism operations.