“Officials from the three countries have repeatedly encouraged their American counterparts to consider ending the Ukraine-related sanctions in return for Putin’s help in removing Iranian forces from Syria,” Entous writes.
Iran leads Trump’s enemies list.
In May, the United States issued a long list of demands for a nuclear treaty with Iran to replace the deal negotiated by the Obama administration and scuttled by Trump. And Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened “the strongest sanctions in history” if Iran doesn’t change course.
America’s long friendship with Israel is well-documented. And, as the Associated Press reported May 22 in The Princes, the President and Fortune Seekers, Trump has close relationships with crown princes from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Ukraine and Syria on Summit Agenda

Entous continues, “Administration officials have said that Syria and Ukraine will be among the topics that Trump and Putin will discuss at their summit in Helsinki on July 16th.”
There’s much more to absorb in Israeli, Saudi, and Emirati Officials Privately Pushed for Trump to Strike a “Grand Bargain” with Putin. You can read it at this link.