MOSCOW: President Donald Trump says Russian President Vladimir Putin is backing an 鈥渆vil person鈥� in Syria.
Trump says Syrian President Bashar Assad is 鈥渁n animal.鈥� He told Fox Business Network that Putin鈥檚 support for Assad is 鈥渧ery bad for Russia.鈥� Trump says it鈥檚 also 鈥渧ery bad for mankind.鈥�
Trump is increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to abandon Assad just as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is visiting Moscow. Tillerson has a meeting set later Wednesday in Moscow with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. It鈥檚 unclear whether Putin will grant Tillerson a meeting.
The meeting comes as early expectations of an easy rapport between the Trump administration and Russia are crashing into reality. Washington and Moscow are trading sharp accusations about a chemical weapons attack last week in Syria.
Trump calls Assad an 'animal' and 'evil person'
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