Completar frases 8-5-2Versión en línea 8-5-2 por pamela lam 1 called crisis destroyed unattended assistance supported catastrophe current offered highly referred triggered lifeline caused declined sanctions Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab the explosion a " national . " He said it was by 2 , 700 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate , inexplicably left in a warehouse for six years . The explosion completely the Port of Beirut ? a main economic to Lebanon . Even before Tuesday's disaster , Lebanon's economy was in , exacerbated by U . S . imposed by the Trump administration . At the White House , President Trump told reporters that U . S . military generals believed the explosion was by a bomb . Trump no evidence for his claim , which was not by intelligence agencies . The Pentagon to comment and all press questions to the White House . After the explosion , U . S . Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called former Prime Minister Saad Hariri to offer to the Lebanese people , not the prime minister Hassan Diab .