During a visit to St. Mary's Church in Damascus a few days ago, accompanied by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Russian President Vladimir Putin put forward an idea for Assad, which is: Why not invite the American President, Donald Trump to the Presidential Palace in Damascus? Putin added that the current US-Syrian relationship could recover and improve its current miserable condition, and when Assad jokingly replied that he was ready to extend the invitation to Trump, Putin smiled and answered, "I will tell him that."

This story was mentioned by Israeli presenter, Ehud Barak of the 13th Israeli news channel, and this funny story may have come as a joke that did not arouse much interest in Washington. Most Americans never expect President Trump's visit to Damascus. There was a very violent response to this story, as the Republican Party described such a visit as a black splash in America's moral record. Even Trump himself does not have many incentives to make such a visit. After nine years of civil war in Syria, it became evident that the Syrian government was not originally interested in any agreement with America.

But one cannot prevent oneself from wondering whether Trump can consider visiting Damascus. Who would have expected that Trump and North Korean leader Kim Yong Un could shake hands and walk in the park together before the summer of 2017, when Washington and Pyongyang were exchanging accusations, insults, and threats of destruction and horrors, and the answer to this question is, of course, no one. This makes any meeting between Trump and Assad perhaps more than just a theoretical maneuver.

Trump's personality has many dimensions. During his three years in the Oval Office, he was not behaving in a manner consistent with the situation of the President of the United States. Shining on their chests, but Trump's most important feature was that he was making big deals alone. If the president finds the option he wants, he is likely to stop ethical concerns and speak to anyone who contacts him, or sends any message.

Trump's sitting down with North Korean President Kim Yong-un was the strongest example that shows Trump's intense interest in big deals, and there are other things as well. As for Iran, the president can speak firmly about the possibility of pressuring the country to bring it into bankruptcy, but he extended his hands to the Iranians for direct negotiations. The chief of staff of the Iranian President, Mahmoud Faizi, told the government in 2018 that Trump had tried to negotiate with Tehran eight times. Although this number is not certain, this is not an exceptional matter for someone who is marketing to himself that he is the best negotiator in the world. Trump wanted to meet the Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, during recent United Nations General Assembly meetings as well, a proposal that Rouhani rejected at the time due to the situation in Tehran.

Negotiate with Maduro

Although the Venezuelan President, Nicholas Maduro, could be ostracized by Washington, Europe, and many Western countries, but that did not prevent Trump from envisioning some kind of negotiation with him, and it is true that the Trump administration's policy with Venezuela was aimed at regime change. By preventing the Maduro government from obtaining the resources it needs to maintain its control, and gaining diplomatic support against Parliament Speaker Juan Guaido. But if the regime is changed in diplomatic ways, it is much better for the Trump administration, which has left the door open to the possibility of a face-to-face meeting with Maduro on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in 2018, and again not. But the fact that Trump was willing to personally deal with Maduro, confirmed the idea that many around him had in mind, that he had no reason to prevent him from talking to anyone, even if his security advisors considered him an evil.

And if Trump is ready to invite Taliban officials to the Camp David presidential resort last September to sign an agreement, he is ready to invite anyone else.

We do not expect Trump's trip to Damascus to be close, as the chemical strikes attributed to the Syrian government have destroyed her credibility with the Trump administration, who is said to have tried to assassinate the Syrian president in 2017 to accuse his government of killing many children with sarin gas in the outskirts of Damascus.

But it is not crazy to imagine the Syrian and American presidents sitting next to each other and the cameras of the photographers focused on them. And such a moment, no matter how controversial, historical and of news importance, can be taken by the Trump administration.

Daniel DeBetris: American journalist

It is not crazy to imagine the Syrian and American presidents sitting next to each other and the cameras of the photographers focused on them.

Trump has tried to negotiate with Tehran eight times, and although this number is uncertain, this is not an exceptional matter for someone who is marketing to himself that he is the best negotiator in the world.