Donald Trump: 'Syria is a mess'

Donald Trump, the man who will occupy the Oval Office in January, has commented on developments in Syria.

"Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED!" the president-elect posted on his social media platform Truth Social.

It should be noted that crippling US sanctions have contributed to the collapse of the impoverished Syrian government.

There are roughly 900 US troops in Syria, where they back the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

According to Robert F Kennedy Jr, Trump wants to end the US military presence in Syria.

"We were talking about the Middle East, and he took a piece of paper and he drew on it [a] map of the Middle East with all the nations on it, which most Americans couldn't do," he told right-wing broadcaster Tucker Carlson last month.

"He was he was particularly looking at the border between Syria and Turkey, and he said, 'We have 500 men on the border of of Syria and Turkey and a little encampment that was bombed.'"

Kennedy said Trump was concerned the soldiers would be "cannon fodder" if Turkey and the Syrian Kurds went to war.