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Trump now needs to make Syria nice once more

Editorial Board Published May 14, 2025
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President Donald Trump introduced Tuesday that the USA will elevate sanctions on Syria “to give them a chance at greatness”—a shocking reversal of many years of U.S. international coverage, made on the request of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The transfer comes forward of Trump’s assembly with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former insurgent chief who took energy after the autumn of Bashar al-Assad. Based on the White Home, the 2 leaders will meet on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia.

“Syria, they’ve had their share of travesty, war, [and] killing in many years. That’s why my administration has already taken the first steps toward restoring normal relations between the United States and Syria for the first time in more than a decade,” Trump stated in the course of the Saudi-U.S. Funding Discussion board in Riyadh.


President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Might 13.

“I will be ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria in order to give them a chance at greatness,” he continued. “It’s their time to shine. We’re taking them all off. Good luck, Syria, show us something very special.”

However that imaginative and prescient diverges wildly from many years of bipartisan U.S. coverage on Syria, which has been designated a state sponsor of terrorism since 1979. The Bush administration imposed sanctions in 2003, citing Syria’s help for Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Palestine’s Hamas and its pursuit of weapons of mass destruction. The Obama administration piled on in 2011, condemning the Syrian authorities’s brutal crackdown on protesters.

Even President Joe Biden, regardless of makes an attempt to restore ties with Gulf leaders, as soon as vowed to make Saudi Arabia “a pariah” and clashed with bin Salman over the homicide of journalist Jamal Khashoggi—a killing that U.S. intelligence says the crown prince accredited.

However Trump isn’t concerned about ethical judgments. Throughout his present go to in Riyadh, he dismissed what he referred to as the “affliction” of U.S. presidents making an attempt to “look into the souls” of international leaders. 

“It’s not our job,” he stated, to dispense justice for his or her sins.

In different phrases, Trump thinks we shouldn’t be too arduous on Syria—a rustic now led by a person with a historical past of ties to terrorism. The US has not reestablished diplomatic relations nor formally acknowledged al-Sharaa’s authorities, however Trump is treating him like a enterprise associate anyway.

FILE - Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaks during a press conference in Manama, Bahrain, on Dec. 15, 2014. A Dubai-based broadcaster cut substantial portions of a recent episode of the satiric news program "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" over references to Saudi Arabia's crown prince being implicated in the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered at a Saudi embassy in Istanbul in October 2018.

As he cozies as much as Syria’s new rulers, Trump has trashed NATO allies and mocked Canada, even floating nonsense about making it the 51st state. It’s not about ideas; it’s about what Trump can get out of it.

On this case, studies are already circulating a couple of potential new Trump Tower in Syria’s capital, Damascus.

“[President al-Sharaa] wants a business deal for the future of his country,” stated pro-Trump activist Jonathan Bass, who met with al-Sharaa on April 30.

As soon as once more, Trump seems able to toss apart U.S. coverage and nationwide safety for private acquire. And whereas the Structure bars sitting presidents from cashing in on international governments, that’s definitely by no means stopped Trump earlier than.

Earlier than even departing for Saudi Arabia, Trump flaunted his transactional model by defending a proposed present from Qatar, a luxurious airplane. He referred to as it a “contribution” that the USA ought to settle for.

“I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer. I mean, I could be a stupid person and say, ‘No, we don’t want a free, very expensive airplane.’ But it was, I thought it was a great gesture,” he stated.

Trump says it isn’t the USA’ job to evaluate international leaders. However when there’s a enterprise alternative on the desk, he’s very happy to forgive warfare crimes, overlook ties to terrorist teams, and rewrite many years of U.S. coverage. 

This isn’t diplomacy—it’s self-dealing dressed up as technique.

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