Trump Says Pullout From Syria Might Be ‘Best Thing’ for Russia
Vladimir Putin meets with Bashar al-Assad at the Kremlin in July.
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President-elect Donald Trump said a withdrawal from embattled Syria might “be the best thing that can happen” to Russia, while saying US troops shouldn’t get involved in the fighting.
With rebel forces opposed to President Bashar Al-Assad retaking a string of Syrian cities, Trump commented on their advance in a post Saturday on his Truth Social platform that included an all-caps admonition that “THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT.”