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"You've had other advisers around Trump who really don't think he can be trusted at all, Ahmed al-Sharaa."
President Trump's target to diminish Iranian influence in the Middle East is why he's hosting the new Syrian president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is the first to attend a UN General Assembly in 60 years, says Middle East correspondent for The Economist, Gregg Carlstrom.
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