We now know that Russia was made aware of the United States’ intent to bomb facilities in Syria that launched gas attacks against its own people earlier this week.

Pentagon official tells @barbarastarrcnn US military informed Russian military before strikes

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 7, 2017

Prior to the assault on the Syrian targets, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke with Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, but the exchange did not go well.

Tillerson spoke with #Russia's Lavrov by phone to hear his explanation of #SyriaGasAttack and hung up unimpressed, @StateDept official says.

— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) April 6, 2017

Lavrov, i.e. The Kremlin, blames al Queada — a group who can’t even get clean water for its soldiers and supporters — for the gas attacks.

The president and secretary of state had obviously had enough of the subterfuge.