Daily Mail: 'It was a bomb': Trump calls deadly Beirut explosions a 'terrible attack' and says US is ready to assist Lebanon after at least 78 are killed and more than 4,000 injured
* A series of massive explosions in the Lebanese capital's port area rocked the city on Tuesday evening local time, killing at least 78 people and injuring 4,000
* Trump described the blast as a 'terrible attack' and said he had been advised by 'great generals' that the explosion was caused by 'a bomb of some kind'
* So far, no evidence has been released to the public to indicate that the explosions were the result of an attack
* The Lebanese government says it's still investigating the source of the explosion but believe it was caused by a stash of ammonium nitrate catching fire
* Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab called the explosion a 'catastrophe' and vowed that those responsible 'will pay for what happened'
President Donald Trump described a series of deadly explosions in Beirut as a ‘terrible attack’ Tuesday, despite no evidence currently suggesting the blasts were intentional.
A series of massive explosions in the Lebanese capital's port area rocked the city on Tuesday evening local time, killing at least 78 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.
'The United States stands ready to assist Lebanon,’ Trump said of the devastating scenes during a White House briefing. ‘We will be there to help. It looks like a terrible attack.’
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