Trump on Lebanon: 'If Israel can't do the job without killing everyone, Syria should do it'

"If Israel can't do the job without killing everyone else, Syria should do the job," said US President Donald Trumpin a bilateral meeting with the Emir of the State of Qatar on Tuesday. Trump says he considers the Lebanon war a minor one, and an arena in which Syria can take on Hezbollah in partnership with the United States if Israel under Netanyahu cannot be reigned in.

"Israel's fighting Hezbollah for too long, and too many people are being killed. You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody because there's a lot of people in those apartment houses and they're not all Hezbollah, that I can tell you," the president said. "I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah, because to be honest with you, I think they'd do a better job of doing it."

Trump then praised the President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, saying, "he has pulled that country together very quickly, he's very capable, and he's very good for me. He's protected everything that I've asked for." When asked if he was frustrated with Netanyahu, he responded, "No, we have a great relationship." The president continued, saying, "I didn't like that he did an attack [over] a very minor little thing with some drones. I saw that attack, I saw where that bomb went. That was a vicious... that was too much. You can do too much also. But we've had a very effective relationship.

"Without the United States, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel - because no other president was willing to do what I did. I had a great relationship with Bibi, but now Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon."  (Ed note: Comments anyone?)     (Source)

Dr. Bill Salus comments:

“Trump says he considers the Lebanon war a minor one, and an arena in which Syria can take on Hezbollah in partnership with the United States if Israel under Netanyahu cannot be reigned in. "I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah, because to be honest with you, I think they'd do a better job of doing it."

Trump then praised Syrian President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, saying, "he has pulled that country together very quickly, he's very capable, and he's very good for me. He's protected everything that I've asked for." (Jerusalem Post (JP) – 6/16/26)

              Trump believes the terrorist in a suit Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who had no part in the Iran war and essentially has no significant national army, can do a better job of dismantling and disarming Hezbollah than Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who led his country as America’s only ally in the Iran war.

              Hezbollah has been designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the US state department since 1997 and Israel has been doing a masterful job of decapitating these terrorists and their leaders since October 8, 2023. However because Ahmed al-Sharaa, “He’s very good for me (Trump). He's protected everything that I've asked for,” and Netanyahu is not following Trump’s marching orders, Trump is betraying Netanyahu and Israel.

              Syria has been at war with Israel since 1948 and is calling for Israel to withdraw from former Syrian territory seized when Sharaa took control, as well as return the Golan Heights to Syria, which in 2019 Trump recognized as Israeli territory. Will Iran’s peace deal condition on Lebanon influence Trump to reverse his decision about Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights?