The new Syrian president courted the White House with multiple offers, including a proposal to build a Trump Tower in his country’s capital, in an effort to diffuse tensions between the U.S. and Damascus.

A Trump Tower in Damascus, a detente with Israel and U.S. access to Syria's oil and gas are part of Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa's strategic pitch to try to get face time with U.S. President Donald Trump during his trip to the Middle East,

President Donald Trump met with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, just hours after lifting all U.S. sanctions on Syria in a meeting that came with a personal pitch from the former jihadist-turned-head-of-state: oil rights and a proposed Trump Tower in Damascus.