Trump Heaps Praises Erdogan For Assad’s Fall; Thanks Erdogan For Using Al-Sharaa to TOPPLE Assad

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received high praise from U.S. President Donald Trump for his role in Syria’s shifting power dynamics. Trump credited Erdogan for strategically using Farouk al-Sharaa to weaken and ultimately topple Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The acknowledgment comes as regional politics undergo dramatic changes, with Turkey’s influence in Syria reaching new heights.    #Trump #Erdogan #TrumpErdoganMeet #Assad #SyriaCrisis #MiddleEast #USPolitics #TurkeyNews #AssadFall #BreakingNews #WorldPolitics #TrumpNews #ErdoganNews #SyriaWar  ~HT.410~PR.152~ED.420~

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00:00Well, I think President Erdogan is the one responsible for Syria, for the successful fight in ridding Syria of its past leader.

00:12And I think this man is responsible. He doesn't take the responsibility, but it's actually a great achievement.

00:17They've been trying to do it for 2,000 years. I said, he does it. He did it.

00:21I mean, they're your surrogates. I think you should take the credit for it.

00:24I told him, take the credit. For 2,000 years, you've been trying to take over Syria.

00:30He took over Syria and he doesn't want to take the credit.

00:33You know, all of those people are his surrogates.

00:35But the leader of Syria, the new leader, as you know, I took sanctions off in order to let them breathe because the sanctions were very strong.

00:44But I think we should have a major announcement today.

00:47He was responsible for that victory. It was a victory for Turkey because they've been fighting, as you know, for like a thousand years.

00:54And it never went, you know, it was back and forth, but he's responsible for that.

01:00So he would have a lot to say with respect to Syria.

01:03Well, I think President Erdogan is the one responsible for Syria, for the successful fight in ridding Syria of its past leader.

01:15And I think this man is responsible. He doesn't take the responsibility, but it's actually a great achievement.

01:20They've been trying to do it for 2,000 years. I said, he does it. He did it.

01:24I mean, they're your surrogates. I think you should take the credit for it.

01:27I told him, take the credit. For 2,000 years, you've been trying to take over Syria.

01:34He took over Syria and he doesn't want to take the credit.

01:36You know, all of those people are his surrogates.

01:38But the leader of Syria, the new leader, as you know, I took sanctions off in order to let them breathe because the sanctions were very strong.

01:47But I think we should have a major announcement today.

01:50He was responsible for that victory.

01:52It was a victory for Turkey because they've been fighting, as you know, for like a thousand years.

01:58And it never went, you know, it was back and forth.

02:01But he's responsible for that.

02:03So he would have a lot to say with respect to Syria.

02:06Thank you very much.

02:07It's a pleasure to be with President Erdogan of Turkey.

02:10And we've been friends for a long time, actually, even for four years when I was in exile.

02:17Unfairly, as it turns out, rigged election.

02:20You know, he knows about rigged elections better than anybody.

02:23But when I was in exile, we were still friends.

02:28That's always a good way to find out, test of friendship.

02:31But he's a highly respected man.

02:35He's respected very much in his country and all throughout Europe and throughout the world where they know him.

02:40He's built a tremendous military, powerful military, uses a lot of our equipment.

02:46And it's an honor to have him at the White House.

02:49We're going to have a lunch together.

02:52We're going to have a discussion, big discussion.

02:54We do a lot of trade with Turkey and we're going to continue.

02:57We're going to do some additional trade.

02:59They want to buy F-16s, F-35s and some other things.

03:02And we're going to talk to them about that.

03:05And we're just going to have, I think, a very interesting couple of hours.

03:11We're going to get a lot done.

03:12But I have great respect for this man.

03:14And we've had a very good relationship for a long time.

03:18If you remember, he let Pastor Brunson, he freed Pastor Brunson.

03:22Pastor Brunson was put in jail for 35 years before I got there.

03:27This was a group that should have stopped it.

03:30And the president, after I called him, released him, which was a great thing for our Christian community, our evangelical community.

03:40The evangelicals really, really wanted that.

03:42It was very important to him, so I always remembered that.

03:44But he released him from 35 years in prison.

03:49And Pastor Brunson now is healthy, happy and well.

03:53And we're very happy about that.

03:54But it's a great honor to have the president of Turkey with us.

03:59And how are you?

04:02Fine.

04:02Say a few words.

04:04Great guy.

04:04So this is a tough man.

04:07This is a guy who's highly opinionated.

04:13Usually I don't like opinionated people, but I always like this one.

04:16But he's a tough one.

04:18And he does an amazing job in this country.

04:22And we've had tremendous relationships, both having to do with war and having to do with trade.

04:28And I guess today we're talking about both.

04:31I'd like to have him stop buying any oil from Russia while Russia continues this rampage against Ukraine.

04:40And they've been fighting.

04:42They've lost millions of lives already.

04:44And for what?

04:45You know, for what?

04:47Disgraceful.

04:47And I said yesterday, let it keep going because their economy is absolutely terrible right now.

04:55And I think it's I think it's a shame that they're doing that, killing a lot of people unnecessarily.

05:007,818 people were killed last week.

05:04Mostly military people, their people and Ukrainians.

05:08More Russians actually than Ukraine, a little bit more.

05:12But it's such a waste of human life.

05:14And so we ought to stop, Putin ought to stop.

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