Trump Meets Syrian Leader, Drops Sanctions to Promote Peace and Stability

President Donald Trump met with Syria’s new president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Wednesday the first face-to-face meeting between leaders of the two countries in over 25 years. The meeting, which took place during Trump’s high-profile Middle East tour, signals a bold step toward rebuilding regional stability and countering terrorism.

“He’s got a real shot at holding it together,” Trump said of al-Sharaa, praising him as a “young, attractive guy. Tough guy. Strong past. Fighter.”

The meeting lasted 33 minutes and included participation from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a call-in from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a sign of growing international alignment behind Trump’s strategy.

Just 24 hours earlier, Trump announced he was lifting longstanding sanctions on Syria, calling it a chance for the war-torn nation to move forward and rebuild.

“In Syria, which has seen so much misery and death, there is a new government that will hopefully succeed in stabilizing the country and keeping peace,” Trump said during a speech in Saudi Arabia. “That’s what we want to see.”

The Trump administration laid out a clear agenda for Syria’s new leadership:

• Cooperate with the U.S. to eradicate ISIS and foreign terrorist elements still operating within Syrian borders.

• Take control of ISIS detention centers in the country’s northeast.

• Normalize relations with Israel by joining the Abraham Accords a framework Trump championed in his first term.

Trump’s pivot is a calculated gamble: drop sanctions in exchange for real progress on security, terrorism, and diplomacy. The contrast with the failed “red line” policies of past administrations couldn’t be starker. This isn’t capitulation it’s strategic leverage, and it’s already generating results.

Saudi and Turkish leaders both praised Trump’s courage in taking this step. Erdogan committed to working with the U.S. and Saudi Arabia to support Syria’s stability, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Trump’s decision “courageous,” according to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Despite concerns over al-Sharaa’s past ties to militant groups, the Trump administration is moving forward with clear expectations total rejection of extremism, full cooperation on counterterrorism, and peaceful engagement with allies.

“President Trump encouraged President Al-Sharaa to do a great job for the Syrian people,” Leavitt said, “and to seize the moment to do something historic.”

Al-Sharaa reportedly reaffirmed Syria’s disengagement with Israel under the 1974 agreement and expressed openness to facilitating trade routes between east and west, even inviting U.S. energy firms to invest in Syrian oil and gas. This is the kind of economic diplomacy that puts American industry first something sorely lacking under the Biden administration’s globalist hand-wringing.

While the mainstream press will predictably clutch pearls over Trump calling al-Sharaa “attractive” or “tough,” the real story here is results-driven diplomacy. Trump is again doing what no one else has dared breaking the stalemate, eliminating threats, and opening doors for American influence in one of the world’s most volatile regions.

After the meeting, Trump departed for Qatar to continue his second-term tour through the Middle East a trip already yielding historic defense deals, economic agreements, and geopolitical breakthroughs.

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