Trump says he suggested to Israel to “let Syria take care of Hezbollah”

President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House on March 26.

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US President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Syria might “do a better job” at dealing with Hezbollah than Israel.

Speaking to reporters at the G7, Trump said that “the man that’s running Syria now” is “very good with Hezbollah.”

Israel has spent years trying to defeat Hezbollah and stop the ability of the Iranian-sponsored militia to fire rockets on Israel from Lebanon. But so far, it has not succeeded.

Trump said he “suggested to Israel” that Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, whom he called “a person that I put there” should “take care of Hezbollah.”

“He’s not a Boy Scout, but he’s done an amazing job of pulling it together, and he is very good with Hezbollah. Does not like them,” Trump said. “I suggested to Israel to let Syria take care of Hezbollah, because to be honest with you, I think they do a better job of doing it.”

The US president said Israel has been fighting Hezbollah for “too long,” adding that “too many people are being killed.”

“You don’t have to knock down an apartment house every time you’re looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they’re not all Hezbollah,” Trump said.

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