Trump declares Russia and Iran in ‘weakened state’, says Putin ‘not interested by defending’ Syria’s Assad
US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday mentioned Syrian President Bashar Assad has fled his nation and his protector, Russia led by Vladimir Putin, “was not interested by defending him any longer”.
Taking to social media platform Reality Social, Trump wrote that Russia “misplaced all curiosity in Syria due to Ukraine, the place near 600,000 Russian troopers lay wounded or lifeless”.
“Russia and Iran are in a weakened state proper now, one due to Ukraine and a foul financial system, the opposite due to Israel and its preventing success,” he added.
Trump says Russia deserted Syria’s President Bashar
Trump mentioned on Sunday that Russia’s abandonment of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led to his downfall, including Moscow by no means ought to have protected him within the first place after which misplaced curiosity due to a conflict in Ukraine that by no means ought to have began.
“Assad is gone. He has fled his nation. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by (President) Vladimir Putin, was not interested by defending him any longer,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Reality Social.
“There was no cause for Russia to be there within the first place,” Trump wrote. “They misplaced all curiosity in Syria due to Ukraine … a conflict that ought to by no means have began, and will go on ceaselessly.”
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Trump, who takes workplace on Jan. 20, added that Russia and Iran, Assad’s different primary backer, “are in a weakened state proper now, one due to Ukraine and a foul financial system, the opposite due to Israel and its preventing success”.
Trump, who has mentioned he’ll search to halt the Ukraine conflict quickly, met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday in Paris the place they have been each attending a ceremony to reopen Notre-Dame Cathedral.
He mentioned Russia and Ukraine had each suffered tons of of hundreds of lifeless and wounded troops, and Ukraine had additionally misplaced many civilians. He added the Ukrainian chief “want to make a deal and cease the insanity … There ought to be a direct ceasefire and negotiations ought to start”.
“I do know Vladimir nicely. That is his time to behave. China may also help. The World is ready!”
