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Bashar al-Assad has condemned US forces for being deployed in Syria, calling them “invaders” without an invitation. “Any foreign troops coming to Syria without our invitation or consultation or permission, they are invaders, whether they are American, Turkish, or any other one,” Assad told Chinese PHOENIX TV. However, the Syrian President said that despite the illegal occupation of his country, he saw promise in US President Donald Trump’s promise to destroy ISIS.  “We have hopes that this administration in the United States is going to implement what we have heard,” he said.

Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com,

Last week I reviewed Why This Market Reminds Me Of 1999:

“While there is much hope the new President, and his newly minted cabinet, will “Make America Great Again,” there can be a huge difference between expectations and reality. And, like in 1999, there is just the simple realization that eventually excesses will mean revert.

 

The Syrian President has said that any foreign forces, including those from the US, that enter Syria without permission are invaders. During an interview with Chinese media Bashar Assad said that no one had given the US troops currently in Manbij permission to be there.

With the Trump administration rapidly shifting its foreign policy stance in recent weeks as the Goldman-led group inside the White House steamrolls all opposition, in the process dashing hopes of a detente between DC and Moscow which now appear set to continue the "cold war" diplomatic ways set under Obama and Hillary Clinton, another foreign leader who is losing faith that Trump will bring any notable change is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who in an interview with Chinese TV station Phoenix said U.S.

Following yesterday's report that the DOJ has asked all 46 remaining Obama-appointed US attorney to resign, there was confusion whether that also included the noted attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bharara.  As we discussed on Friday, Trump had previously asked the Obama-appointed Manhattan attorney to stay on.