Click here to subscribe.When President Donald Trump met with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the encounter went beyond the “hello” the White House had told reporters to expect.

When President Donald Trump announced in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday that he would lift all sanctions on Syria, the decision, which will boost a country devastated by 13 years of war, took many in the region by surprise.

WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump, whose family has major business interests in the Gulf countries he is visiting this week, said there was no talk of building a Trump Tower in Syria or golf during his meetings in Saudi Arabia that ended on Wednesday.

You may have picked up on this subtle trend over the past 100-ish days: Democrats love to rag on President DONALD TRUMP ’s foreign policy. Nearly every decision and Truth Social post touching on foreign policy from the president has been met with a barrage of angry rejoinders (or spicy letters to the State Department) from furious Democratic lawmakers.