Alwaght- President Donald Trump took to twitter on Saturday to hail US cutting of "ridiculous" $230mn funding for stabilization efforts in Syria and said "other rich countries" will pay it.
The US State Department announced on Friday the end of support for stabilization projects in Syria. The $230mn worth of funding had been frozen for months before that however, after House forbid any funding for government-controlled territories in Syria. Now Trump says the idea of paying for the stabilization of Syria is "ridiculous," at least for the US. America should spend its money on its military and "countries that help us." As for Syria, let "other rich countries in the Middle East" chip in now.
"The United States has ended the ridiculous 230 Million Dollar yearly development payment to Syria. Saudi Arabia and other rich countries in the Middle East will start making payments instead of the U.S. I want to develop the U.S., our military and countries that help us!"
Trump has long been promising the US would leave Syria "like very soon," but so far the stabilization money is the only thing that's been withdrawn. American military presence and support for anti-government fighters remains, and, according to diplomat Brett McGurk, is gearing up to a "final phase" of the offensive against ISIS.
