Trump Says Deadly Beirut Explosion ‘Looks Like a Terrible Attack’

Trump Says Deadly Beirut Explosion ‘Looks Like a Terrible Attack’
In this picture obtained from a social media video, smoke rises after an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 4, 2020. Karim Sokhn/Instagram/Ksokhn + Thebikekitchenbeirut/via Reuters
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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the deadly explosion that killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000 in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, “looks like a terrible attack.”

His remarks were made at a briefing on the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, where he began the conference expressing his condolences to the people of Lebanon.