Damascus, November 4 (RHC)-- Syrian President Bashar Assad says that Donald Trump is not trying to hide Washington’s true policies and intentions behind the "doublespeak about freedom and democracy" -- making him the best U.S. leader.

The Syrian president was responding to Trump's statement over the weekend, when he reaffirmed that Washington's main interest in Syria was oil, and making it clear that all less immediately lucrative and longer-term endeavors like keeping peace and reconstructing the devastated country should be taken care of by someone else. 

Trump twitted: “Other people can patrol the border of Syria... let them -- they’ve been fighting for a thousand years...  I like oil! We're keeping the oil!"

Trump’s blunt approach was commended by the Syrian president, who sarcastically noted in a recent interview that American Nobel peace prize laureate presidents always pose as the “defenders of human rights and noble and unique American values,” but rarely admit to simply being “criminals who represent the interests of American lobbies.”

"He is the best American President, not because his policies are good, but because he is the most transparent president… What can be better than an honest enemy?"