French president claims he guided response to Douma chemical attack after ‘things got a little carried away over tweets’

French president Emmanuel Macron has claimed that he convinced Donald Trump to keep troops in Syria for the long term and limit Saturday’s joint strikes to chemical weapons facilities.

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