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00:00We heard President Trump earlier on today describing the president of Syria, Ahmed Al-Shara, as a young, attractive, tough guy.
00:09They seem to have got along very well. He said the meeting went great. Are you surprised?
00:17I'm not surprised that the meeting took place. We've been hearing about it for quite a bit. Rumors that this might be happening.
00:22I know the president of Syria was pushing for this meeting to happen, to sort of get a face-to-face opportunity with President Trump and speak for himself.
00:32Of course, I was a little surprised about the flowery language that the president used to describe Ahmed Al-Shara, but that's President Trump.
00:40I mean, he speaks in these terms. He likes to be very personal with people when he meets them, if he likes them.
00:48And so, you know, that's just something that he likes to do. I don't think one should read too much into that.
00:55I do think that President Trump was quite a bit influenced by both the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and Erdogan in Turkey,
01:05to both meet with President Al-Shara and also to consider the cessation of sanctions on Syria.