Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Trump made the right decision to withdraw from Syria, where the U.S. has clashed with Russian efforts to back Bashar Assad.
Trump announced the U.S. would leave after saying it has defeated the Islamic State in Syria. While many in the U.S. and several U.S. allies disagreed, Putin said Trump is correct.
“We’ve achieved considerable changes in the struggle against terrorism in that area and dealt severe blows to the Islamic State in Syria,” Putin said in his annual press conference in Moscow Thursday.
“Is the presence of U.S. troops necessary there?” Putin asked. “No, it is not.”
Putin said the presence of U.S. troops is “not legitimate” and was never sanctioned by the United Nations.
“In the meantime, a military contingent can stay there only under a U.N. resolution or at the invitation of Syria’s legitimate government,” Putin said. “We are in Syria at the government’s invitation. The United States has neither.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Trump made the right decision to withdraw from Syria.https://t.co/9y2DBtDfY0
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) December 20, 2018
Trump claims Russia is "not happy" about US leaving Syria despite Putin saying he agrees with decision https://t.co/XIscNNc2rb pic.twitter.com/dUuzocjUq7
— The Hill (@thehill) December 20, 2018
Russia and Turkey have publicly welcomed your retreat. Also, why will they have to fight ISIS if they've been totally defeated? https://t.co/x88H0FEdKN
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) December 20, 2018
I wonder if Putin will send Trump flowers now. After all, the two are BFFs.
Putin has been pressuring Trump to do this for awhile. Now is the best time for Putin to make good on his promise of telling the world what he knows about Trump and Trump knows that. This is obviously a case of a hostile foreign leader manipulating the POTUS because he knows things about him that would put him in prison. This is why Russia was so eager to get Trump elected. Trump had an ego that allowed him to be used in this way. It was the perfect storm.
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