A video has surfaced
of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad
laughing about President Trump during Putin’s visit to Damascus last week.
The video, originally
posted by a journalist for the Komsomolskaya Pravda, comes just over a month
after multiple NATO nation leaders, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron, were recorded seemingly mocking
the American president at a NATO summit.
In the latest clip, Assad and Putin joked that
Trump should follow in the footsteps of Paul the Apostle and visit the Syrian
capital of Damascus.
“If Trump arrives
along this road [to Damascus], everything will become normal with him
too,” Assad said, according to a translation of the conversation posted by
Axios.
Putin then joked about
inviting Trump. After Assad responded that he was ready for a visit with such a
changed version of Trump, Putin said, “I will tell him,” as both men
laughed.
Paul, who is also
called Saul, was a biblical figure who persecuted Christians. In the Book of
Acts, he was struck blind by Jesus as he was on his way to Damascus to bring
any Christians he found “bound” back to Jerusalem. Once he made it to
Damascus, he was baptized and regained his sight before going on to preach Jesus’
message.
The incident at the
NATO summit did not concern any such religious references — rather, Trump’s
tardiness.
