Trump’s far-right backers rebel over ‘hoax’ Syria chemical attack

Bandying the hashtag #Syriahoax, leaders of the “Alt-Right” fringe lashed out at the president for abandoning his election campaign stances.

Some denied the suspected chemical attack took place. Others rejected the West’s view that it was the hand of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Instead, they blamed anti-Assad fighters like the al-Sham Front, formerly al-Nusra Front, for a so-called false-flag attack meant to be pinned on Damascus.

Still others said Trump had fallen victim to the US “deep state”, an ostensibly entrenched military-national security bureaucracy at odds with the new president’s anti-Washington views.