In his first meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, President Trump was said to have focused heavily on the Syrian Civil War, and has belief that it not only “must stop,” but that it is Russia’s responsibility to stop it.
Trump insisted that Russia needs to “rein in the Assad regiime, Iran, and Iranian proxies” in Syria, which suggests his shift toward calling for regime change in Syria when he attacked a Syrian airbase last month appears largely unchanged.
Lavrov said his focus was primarily on the Syrian safe zones, a plan which President Trump had previously been in favor of, but which since Russia backed them they are now extremely evasive about their posiition on. Syrian rebels have ruled out respecting the safe zones, though Russia, Turkey, Iran, and the Syrian government will respect them.
All signs are that the talks focused virtually exclusively on Syia, as Lavrov said that the US sanctions against Russia had not been addressed during the meeting. The Trump Administration has suggested the sanctions are going to remain in place until Russia gives the Crimean Peninsula to Ukraine, which is to say forever.
I’m sure the Syrians will have their say about Dr.Assad’s future presidency when his current term ends and I’m likewise sure the outcome will remain the same. Why wouldn’t they vote for a strong president that had stood tall against anything US/Saudi Barbaria/Israel/Turkey and Qatar just keep on throwing at them?
US support for ISIS and Al Qaeda is still going on however and that and hence the war, will probably continue until US (israel) realizes that the quest for building the Qatar gas pipe and maintaining israels occupations and ambitions to occupy more, which are the reasons behind this bloody war, is futile.
Thumbs up for “Saudi Barbaria”!
“Reign in Assad?” That’s not who needs to be “reigned in” for sure! It’s the USA-supported “rebels”(mercenary “terrorists”) that need to be reigned in. In fact, it’s the whole USG that needs to be reigned in. Why should a leader like Assad who is doing his job of protecting Syria and Syrians be “reigned in”? I voted for you Mr. Trump but your are losing brownie points faster than the speed of light!
Ah yes, so Trump is reduced to parroting meaningless establishment lines/lies.
One more time….
There isn’t a “Civli War” in Syria.l
A Covert Operation using paramilitaries is by definition not one.
Trump should reign in the CIA and DoD as stop funding and paying the wages of ISL El Qaeda and other Jihadists.
As above, trump is repeating meaningless establishment phrase.
Translation: I want out but only with an apparent victory.
I am torn as to whether the Russians are naive in thinking they can actually negotiate with the U.S. or if they realize that we are treacherously double minded and are merely humoring us to limit the damage.
I pray to God that someone will rein in our lying Generals who have already done so much damage in Syria and Yemen. Who accuse the Syrians and Iran of war crimes in order to conceal that we are helping Al Qaeda in northern Syria and a near genocide in Yemen.
Note to Putin- The USA is just trying to show the world that it is STILL relevant in helping to maintain international law and order. Unfortunately for the world, in doing so it is breaking those same laws and causing massive disorder! It is pretty obvious to me and absent any American pre-emptive attack on Russian interests, are not worth the response that they so desire!
Aren’t the “Iranian proxies” fighting ISIS? Didn’t the Donald say he wanted to “bomb the s**t out of ISIS? What a moron. And to think, some people still back this idiot.
“Some” people are ALWAYS idiots. I voted for Trump’s presented campaign ideas but it seems they are all going down the drain, the same drain that should have handled the neocon scum around President Trump!
So who said that Trump was tough in this meeting? There weren’t any journalists allowed there, so Trump and the Russians could tell us what they wanted. Personally, I think Trump opened by asking Sergey, “How am I doing so far?”