Trump Live: Trump signs a $ 200 billion Qatar deal after meeting the Syria's “young, attractive” president

On Wednesday, Donald Trump shook hands with the Islamist ruler of Syria – the first encounter between the leaders of the two nations in 25 years and a potential turning point for Damascus, as it is striving to get out of decades of international isolation.

The US President welcomed the former al-Qaida fighter Ahmed al-Sharaa to a historical meeting a few months ago.

On Tuesday, the celebrations broke out in Damascus and other cities across Syria after Trump announced that he would remove US sanctions over the country for decades.

During the comments at the state dinner, Trump made some comments on Iran.

“The non -friendly is a violent course and I don't want to … you have to get in motion. You have to make this decision. It is your decision,” said the president.

Trump previously said that he wants a contract with Iran to get a nuclear weapon.

He appealed to Qatar for help.

“I hope you can help me with the Iranian situation,” he said. “It is a dangerous situation and we want to do the right thing. We want … something that may save millions of life. Because such things start and get out of control. I have seen it again and again. They move to war and things get out of control and we will not allow.”

The Emir spoke about massive investments in the United States, he mentioned Katar's trade deficit and said the country likes “Drill Baby Drill” that a sentence had used Trump as a campaign slogan.

“Our newly announced projects and investments amount to 1.2 trillion dollars, and nowadays I am so grateful for the trade deficit that we have with them because the surplus swings in their favor. That is also the reason why Scott Besser is chill,” he said.

“I prayed for her recovery and security,” said the Emir about the attack against Trump last summer.

He also asked that Trump used the American “leverage” to end the fights in Gaza.

He praised Trump for the selection of employees who “loyal and faithful to their country”.

“For all of us in the room, this stop was not a mystery,” he said. “Yes, the United States is a superpower that has the largest economy and military force in history. In the meantime, Qatar is one of the smallest countries with one of the smallest population groups, and as the Americans know, DC is almost 7000 miles away, but my friends have their own superpower, resilience, resilience, nimimity – and we are a strong agent for peace.

“This is a home. This is a serious home,” said Trump about the palace.

“It's just a perfect evening,” he added.

“Your country is now a hub [of] Global Commerce is an important diplomatic force on the world stage and has even organized the World Cup. People said, Oh, the World Cup, ”said Trump.

“He comes to the United States. Great work that they do Gianni,” said the president about the FIFA president.

Instead, the Russian leader Volodymyr Zelensky asked to lead the talks in Istanbul “without conditions” on Thursday. If you continue, it would be the first meeting between the leaders since December 2019.

After a short initial reluctance -and a few Goaden -Social -Media contributions from Donald Trump -the Ukrainian leader called Moscow Bluff by confirming that he would actually take part personally.

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He admired the marble in the Qatar Palace as “Perfecto” and “very difficult to buy”. He praised the “shiny miracles” of the skyline in Saudi Arabia. And he murmured over the “much smaller” and “much less impressive” plane, which is an air force.

Chris Megerian and Zeke Miller report:

In the atrium of the Lusail Palace, Trump looked over at the press and spread.

“Nice house! Nice house!” he said.

Then he and the Qatarian leader went over to greet a reception line of people who stretched into a hallway.

There were a large number of people in the traditional Qatarian dress, but also a considerable number of people in western suits.

Among them was Chris Ruddy, the founder of Newsmax; Antonio Gracias, a close friend of Elon Musks; And the British journalist Piers Morgan.

Kelly Ortberg, CEO von Boeing Los Angeles Times Owner.

Elon Musk came to the greetings for more than 30 minutes and cut in line to get forward. Steve Schwarzman, the CEO of Blackstone, seemed to come with musk.

Steve Witkoff, Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth and Scott Bessent went through the line, as did several officials from the White House, including Susie Wiles, James Blair, Karoline Leavitt and Margo Martin.

Towards the end of the line, Gianni Infantino, the President of FIFA. The organization presented the World Cup to Qatar in 2022 and awarded it to the USA for 2026.

“Thank you very much, everyone,” said Trump to the press before lying off.