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President Donald Trump reacted Sunday to Syrian President Bashar Assad fleeing the country and rebels storming the capital of Damascus.
Trump shared the response in a lengthy post to Truth Social, claiming, “Assad is gone.”
“Assad is gone. He has fled his country. His protector, Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, was not interested in protecting him any longer. There was no reason for Russia to be there in the first place. They lost all interest in Syria because of Ukraine, where close to 600,000 Russian soldiers lay wounded or dead, in a war that should never have started, and could go on forever,” Trump wrote.
“Russia and Iran are in a weakened state right now, one because of Ukraine and a bad economy, the other because of Israel and its fighting success. Likewise, Zelenskyy and Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness. They have ridiculously lost 400,000 soldiers, and many more civilians. There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin,” he continued.
“Too many lives are being so needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed, and if it keeps going, it can turn into something much bigger, and far worse. I know Vladimir well. This is his time to act. China can help. The World is waiting!” Trump concluded.
Assad was known for using chemical weapons on his own citizens during the nation’s civil war reaching back more than a decade. According to Syrian television reports, he and his family fled to an undisclosed location. Later reports claim Assad and his family are now in Moscow.
Syrian media shared a statement from rebel forces announcing Assad had fled and that political prisoners had been released.
South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson also spoke with Fox News about the regime change, claiming it could be as significant at the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany.
“This is so significant. The fall of the Assad dictatorship. The ripple effect of this is just going to be remarkable,” Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., said on “Fox Report” Sunday. “It’s truly equivalent to the Berlin Wall, which led to a ripple effect of dozens of countries becoming free after 50 years of occupation and totalitarian control.”
