In response to a question on Air Force One, President Trump heaped praise on the terrorist leader of Syria after their meeting. You can see the two shaking hands above.

Here’s what he said:

 
Syria in its current state is a means to an end, and that end is the destruction of Israel. Syria is now essentially in the hands of Sultan Erdogan, who has been pulling the strings for years in order to get Syria out of the grasp of Assad so that the country can become part of his Ottoman Empire 2.0. And now he’s basically done it.

I just hope Trump sees all of this clearly. He’s dealing with evil world leaders in order to try and make peace, and I get that. He’s a different kind of leader. But at the end of the day I do believe he’s got Israel’s back more than anything else in that region, and so we’ll see what comes from these meetings in the weeks and months ahead.