DONALD Trump yesterday hailed a former terrorist warlord as “a young, attractive guy”;;.
gushed with praise after meeting , who ousted tyrant last year.
Trump also agreed to lift US economic sanctions on Syria which have been in place since 2011.
Sharaa, previously linked to , spent years in US custody after being captured in and once had a £7.5million bounty on his head.
Now interim Syrian president, he shook hands yesterday with Trump in Riyadh, along with leader, Crown Prince
Turkish President also joined a meeting by video link, which Trump later said went “great”;;.
He described Sharaa as a “young, attractive guy. Tough guy. Strong past. Very strong past. Fighter.”;;
But it puts Trump at odds with Israel, which issued warnings against the former master and has continued military action against its long-standing enemy.
Asked if Sharaa can normalise relations with , Trump said: “I told him, ‘I hope you’re going to join once you’re straightened out and he said yes’. But they have a lot of work to do.”;;
Trump also asked him to deport militants and order foreign fighters to leave the country.
He also claimed he “wants to make a deal”;; with .
Trump said: “It must stop sponsoring terror, halt its bloody proxy wars and permanently and verifiably cease its pursuit of ”;;
He later touched down in , where he was given a red-carpet greeting from Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Trump is to be controversially offered a “gift”;; of a £300million “flying palace”;; to replace Air Force One as he carves more huge trade deals.
