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I just want to bring up what the President-elect Donald Trump has actually posted within the last 40 minutes. I read before we got to, Mark McCauley, the post by Donald Trump in the past 24 hours saying this is not our fight, the US should not be involved. Well, this is what he has posted within the last 40 minutes, so let's just have a look at this. Given that this is the President of the United States from January the 20th, what is going on now will still be sort of being gamed out between now and then. So what Donald Trump says now is significant and this is what he has said in the last 40 minutes. Assad is gone. He has fled his country. He's protected Russia, Russia, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, not interested in protecting him any longer. These are the words, of course, of Donald Trump. 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. Russia and Iran are in a weakened state right now. He posts one because of Ukraine and a bad economy, the other because of Israel and its fighting success. Likewise, Zelensky in Ukraine would like to make a deal and stop the madness. Again, the words of Donald Trump here posting on Truth Social, he says they have ridiculously lost 400,000 soldiers and many more civilians. There should be an immediate ceasefire and negotiations should begin. 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," says Donald Trump. This is his time to act, China can help, the world is waiting. The post of the US President-elect Donald Trump in the past 40 minutes or so. We are covering what is going on in Syria. This is a breaking story, it has significance not just in Russia, but for the wider region and given the refugee crisis, wider than just the Middle East back after this.
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