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Trump talks Middle East plans

US President-elect Donald Trump, in a meeting with The New York Times on Nov. 22, discussed many critical matters in the region, including ending the Syrian war and forging Israeli-Palestinian peace.
U.S. President elect Donald Trump reacts to a crowd gathered in the lobby of the New York Times building after a meeting in New York, U.S., November 22, 2016.  REUTERS/Lucas Jackson      TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTSSUBO

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Nov. 22 that “we have to end” the Syrian war, but he did not think the United States should be involved in nation building. Trump also said that he would love to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict, and thought his son-in-law Jared Kushner could help.

“We have to end that craziness that’s going on in Syria,” Trump said during a 75-minute, on-the-record meeting with reporters and editors at The New York Times headquarters on Nov. 22, according to tweets of the meeting posted by Times staff.

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