Trump has a pattern of publicly declining to confront Putin or to directly accuse the Russian leader of wrongdoing. Under a 1991 law, he was required to act once the administration determined Russian responsibility for a chemical or biological weapons attack. AD“The president of the United States must coordinate a strong international response to this latest aggression along with our partners and allies. On Thursday, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said that any poisoning of an individual through a nerve agent is considered a use of chemical weapons. “Russia’s repeated use of chemical weapons makes it urgent to strengthen the Chemical Weapons Convention,” Weber said.

Source: Washington Post September 03, 2020 23:04 UTC