You've met with Syrian President Bashar al Assad and as part of the campaign when you're running for president, got criticized for not calling him a war criminal. What's the right way to meet and communicate with these kinds of leaders? If you're not part of the official narrative of the US Government, which was intent on a regime change, war in Syria, then you're an outcast. And it was, it was, it was unfortunate because, you know, people, people levied all kinds of accusations and, you know, smears against me for going and, and having the … (33:51–34:05)
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Asserts that deviation from the US Government's regime change narrative in Syria leads to being ostracized.
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