U.S. President Donald Trump again argued that Syria, rather than Israel, could be the side to confront Hezbollah. Speaking about Syria’s leadership, he said, “Syria will be happy to work there. Syria’s leader is an impressive leader, he is improving Syria’s situation amazingly. Hezbollah is his enemy, but he will not topple buildings every time.”
Trump’s remarks repeated a claim he has made before, framing Syria as a possible force against Hezbollah and presenting its leader as someone capable of restoring stability. He contrasted that with Hezbollah’s repeated ability to inflict destruction, saying the Syrian leader would not respond by bringing down buildings in each round of conflict.
The comments were reported without any indication of a specific new policy move, and no timeline or operational details were provided. The central point of the statement was Trump’s view that Syria could take on Hezbollah instead of Israel.
