In Moscow, Tillerson Defends Trump’s ‘Animal’ Comment: Assad ‘Brought [it] Upon Himself’

patrick.goodenough | April 13, 2017
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Speaking alongside his Russian counterpart in Moscow on Wednesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave no quarter when asked about President Trump’s use (in a Fox Business Network interview) of the word “animal” to describe Bashar al-Assad. Tillerson suggested the Syrian president deserves the epithet.

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