“You have Russia wanting to fight ISIS [ISIL],” Trump said at a town hall meeting in South Carolina. “Let Russia fight ISISā¦ they donāt want ISIS coming into Russia.”
The Obama administration has been critical ofĀ Russiaās support forĀ Syrian President Bashar Assad inĀ the fight againstĀ ISIL.
Moscow has urged the US-led coalition againstĀ the Islamic State toĀ join forces withĀ the Syrian government inĀ its fight againstĀ the violent Islamist extremists.
On Tuesday, Secretary ofĀ State John Kerry said that Washington was prepared toĀ immediately begin a dialogue withĀ Russia onĀ the war inĀ Syria.
On Sunday, Kerry stated he would meet withĀ Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov toĀ discuss the Syrian civil war atĀ the upcoming UN General Assembly meetings inĀ New York.
Donald Trump is the frontrunner forĀ the Republican presidential nomination, garnering more thanĀ 30 percent ofĀ likely voter support inĀ recent polling. Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump got 38 and 31 percent ofĀ support respectively inĀ a Bloomberg poll released onĀ Wednesday.
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