President Donald Trump said he told Chinese President Xi Jinping about his decision to launch 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles against Syria while the men ate dessert at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, last week. During the interview, Trump seemed to dwell on the fact that the two world leaders were enjoying some delicious cake. And we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen, and President Xi was enjoying it,” Trump recalled in an interview with Fox News Business host Maria Bartiromo that aired on Wednesday. “And I was given the message from the generals that the ships are locked and loaded, what do you do?” Trump went on. President, let me explain something to you.’”“So what happens is, I said, ‘We’ve just launched 59 missiles heading to Iraq and I wanted you to know this.’ And he was eating his cake.

Source: Huffington Post April 12, 2017 15:00 UTC