CNN: Syrian President: Trump's pledge to fight terror 'promising'

[TomCADem]

What happened to the Assad/Trump bromance?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/08/middleeast/syria-bashar-al-assad-intv/

(CNN)Syria's leader has praised Donald Trump's rhetoric on terror, saying the new US President's pledge to prioritize the fight against terrorism, including ISIS, was "promising."

President Bashar al-Assad, whose government is waging a bloody civil war, told Belgian media that it was too early "to expect anything practical," from the US President but that he had high hopes for a cooperative effort between the US and Russia to engage ISIS.

"Trump during the campaign and after the campaign is promising regarding the priority of fighting terrorists, and mainly ISIS, that's what we've been asking for during the last six years," Assad said.

"It's still early to expect anything practical. It could be about the cooperation between the US and Russia, that we think is going to be positive for the rest of the world, including Syria."

[Jonny Appleseed]

1. Terrorists are what Assad calls every person his army kills

Saw it on that Vice piece a few months back

[TomCADem]

2. But, but, Assad/Trump were sounding like best buds a few months ago...

...the whole idea was that Trump would ally with Assad against Isis and refrain from trying to force Assad out.