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Trump: I told Chinese president about Syria airstrikes over dessert
By Rebecca Savransky - 04/12/17 10:09 AM EDT


President Trump said he told Chinese President Xi Jinping about the U.S. missile strike on Syria while the two were eating dessert.

During an interview on Fox Business, Trump was asked about the fact that he was with the Chinese president when the U.S. launched the airstrikes on Syria in retaliation for a chemical attack last week in northern Syria that killed dozens of civilians.

The president said he was sitting at the table with Xi and had just finished dinner.

"We're now having dessert, and we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you've ever seen," Trump said during an interview on Fox Business. "And President Xi was enjoying it."

Trump said he had been given a message "from the generals."

"That the ships are locked and loaded, what do you do and we made a determination to do it, so the missiles were on the way," Trump said.

"And I said, Mr. President, let me explain something to you. This is during dessert. We've just fired 59 missiles, all of which hit by the way, unbelievable from, you know, hundreds of miles away, all of which hit."

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