WhatsappI don’t say this lightly, because President Trump has done some good things in the past. However, the current US administration led by President Trump is sowing the seeds for more strife and war in the Middle East - especially in Syria. It will end up being a full failure unless President Trump changes his strategy.
On 14 May 2025, US President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh during his Middle East trip. The meeting was hastily put together at the behest of the Saudis. That meeting eventually led to the lifting of sanctions on Syria and then up until the massacres of Druze at the hands of Syrian regime forces over the last two days, Trump’s team was attempting to push some sort of security agreement with the Syrian Jihadist Regime on Israel.
It is no secret that President Trump is after a Nobel Peace Prize and wants to rush through a series of “peace” agreements between Arab countries and Israel as soon as he can. There is just one problem. President Trump believes countries run by Jihadists can be peaceful if enough carrots are dangled in front of them.
Peace with Jihadists is not possible – no matter how they dress and. how much money they are given. If there was any doubt, the events of the last few days in Sweida should be proof enough. However, for Trump, the illusory “deal” was held onto even as Ahmed al-Sharaa’s men pushed south into Sweida in complete disregard of Israel’s warnings, assuming the Trump administration would hold back the Jewish State from acting – they gambled wrong.
It was reported that Trump told us not to intervene, but Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz disregarded the American directing and instead pounded the Syrian regime forces. That’s right, the Trump team would have allowed 700,000 Druze to be massacred in southern Syria in order to keep hope alive for some sort of “peace” agreement between Syria and Israel. If it wasn’t for Israel that massacre would have most surely happened. Israel blew up the national military headquarters in Damascus. More than 200 bombs were dropped in the vicinity of Damascus. The IDF took out regime convoys, tanks, fighters, and more - decimating al-Sharaa’s forces.
Unfortunately, the Trump team, including Marco Rubio dropped the ball in regards to the Druze and instead allowing Israel to finish off the Jihadist regime in Damascus, the State Department released what would be considered a “balanced” statement. ”The events in Syria are regrettable, and there is a lack of understanding between the Israeli and Syrian sides. We anticipate that there will be significant developments in the coming hours regarding the issue of tension in Syria, and we expect to see both Syrian and Israeli withdrawals from the conflict area and an end to the violence. We call on the Syrian government to withdraw its forces in order to allow all sides to achieve a de-escalation.”
Given the events over the last 48 hours there is no going back. Syrian forces led by Ahmed al-Sharaa massacred Druze in Sweida. Some counts are saying over 250 people were murdered. Videos show humiliation of Druze men before they are killed in cold blood. They also massacred sick Druze in the main hospital in Sweida. If it wasn’t for the IDF, the situation would have been disastrous.
As of the writing of this article Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists that there is an agreement between Israel and Syria for both sides to withdraw forces. There is some evidence that al-Sharaa has ordered his forces out of Sweida based on a ceasefire they reached with one of the Druze sheikhs.
However, the Military Council in Sweida issued this statement: “We do not recognize the agreement made by Yusuf Jarboo (the Druze sheikh Jarboo reached an agreement with the regime). He does not represent us. Only Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri represents us.” Hijri is very pro-Israel and is considered the most powerful of the sheikhs in Sweida.
The USA must understand that the only way to reach stability in southern Syria is to support Druze autonomy as an Israeli protectorate. Anything less is inviting the same sort of barbarism that has been on display over the last 48 hours.
Unfortunately, President Trump is far more worried about prizes and accolades than bringing an end to the Jihadist hordes that have streamed into Syria and threaten the existence of minorities there as well as posing a strategic problem for Israel. We all know that Trump speaks very highly of Turkish President Erdogan. Could there be a connection between that relationship and his softball attitude when it comes to the Druze in Syria? After all, the regime in Damascus is essentially an Erdogan project and President Trump has no problem with that at all.
