U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the United State will make "major decisions" over the reported chemical weapon attack in Syria soon, and warns "tough" consequence for Russian President Vladimir for the incident.

 

美国总统特朗普周一表示，美国很快将会对叙利亚化学武器袭击做出“重大决定”，并警告俄罗斯总统普京对此事将会有“严厉的”后果。

 

Trump said in a cabinet meeting that the attack was "heinous", "atrocious", "barbaric" and "horrible," noting "we'll be making some major decisions over the next 24 to 48 hours." 

 

"As bad as the news is around the world, you just don't see those images," he said. "We are studying that situation extremely closely ...we're looking at that very, very strongly and very seriously." 

 

Speaking of his earlier claim to get the U.S. troops out of Syria soon, Trump said "we'll be making that decision very quickly, probably by the end of today." 

 

He said that "nothing's off the table," referring to the possible U.S. military action against Syria.

 

In the unusual rhetoric against Russia, Trump added that Putin "may" bear responsibility for the Syrian incident.

 

"If he does, it's going to be very tough. Very tough," he said. "Everybody's going to pay a price. He will, everybody will." 

 

He also hinted that Syria, Iran and Russia are behind the attack.

 

"They're saying they're not. But, to me, there's not much of a doubt. But the generals will figure it out, probably over the next 24 hours," said Trump.