“Just as dessert was being served, the president explained to Mr. Xi he had something he wanted to tell him, which was the launching of 59 missiles into Syria,” Ross said, according to a report in Variety. The crowd went wild after Ross’ remarks, Variety reported. Trump made the decision to hit Syria after U.S. officials blamed Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government for a chemical weapons attack that killed at least 87 people in early April. Last month, Trump shared his own colorful recollection of when he told the Chinese president about the Syria strike. And we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen, and President Xi was enjoying it,” Trump told Fox News Business host Maria Bartiromo last month.

Source: Huffington Post May 01, 2017 22:30 UTC