( CNN) President Donald Trump, mulling how to end the US role in the Syrian conflictwhile having non-eu countries “take care of it, ” has maintained an unusual fixation: the jumbo jet owned by Persian Gulf monarchs.
As the President's national security team prepares options for Syria, advisers and officials say economic factors — rather than a concern for global security — have animated Trump. Even as top US military officials softly prepare plans that would actually increase the number of US troops deployed to Syria, Trump has decided that the time has come to cut an early exit, according to people familiar with the situation.
He's increasingly pressed foreign leaders — particularly in the oil rich Gulf states — to step up.
