The elected president of USA, Donald Trumpstated on Saturday on his Truth Social platform that his country should not “get involved” in the situation in Syriawhere rebel groups began to surround the capital, Damascus.
“Syria is a disaster, but it is not our friend, and USA It shouldn’t have anything to do with it. This is not our fight. Let’s let (the situation) develop. Let’s not get involved.”the future American president wrote a few minutes before his meeting with the French president, Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace in Paris.
Before his return to White House On January 20, the Republican seemed to warn current US President Joe Biden against any desire to intervene in Syria, despite the absence of signs in that regard from the democratic administration.
During his first term, Trump He always stated that he would put an end to the wars in which his country participates, advocating a more isolationist line.
In that sense, he signed an agreement with the Taliban for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan.
During this year’s presidential campaign he also said that he could end the wars of Ukraine y Gaza “quickly”.
This Saturday the Republican magnate criticized the role of Barack Obama in the situation in Syria.
“The president Obama He refused to fulfill his promise to protect the red line and all hell broke loose. Russia took control”said.
In 2013, the conflict between the regime of Bashar al-Asad and rebel groups reached an important turning point when a chemical attack attributed to the government in rebel areas near Damascus killed more than 1,400 people, according to the United States.
Obama who had made this a red line, abandoned punitive attacks at the last minute, sealing a deal with Russia to dismantle the Syrian chemical arsenal.
“Russia, because it is so entangled in Ukraine(…) seems unable to stop this literal march through Syria, a country it has protected for years”launched Trump on Saturday.
“But now (the Russians), like perhaps the Asad they are on their way out, and that may actually be the best thing that can happen to them”he added, before commenting: “There was never really any interest in Syria to Russia apart from making a fool of Obama”.