"Mr. Trump has said precisely the opposite. So we are looking forward now to a closer UK-US rapprochement. That means that we can actually work together for peace and solidarity throughout the world rather than declaring more of places where we should never go," Raymond Finch said.
The Republican pledged in a post-election speech on Wednesday that his administration would seek consensus and not conflict in its relations with other nations, and predicted the United States would get along well with those willing to get along with it.
The United States may end its sponsorship of revolts in the Middle East and work harder toward bringing peace to Syria under the Trump administration, a UK Independence Party (UKIP) lawmaker said.
"Wherever there’s been a Western-sponsored revolt against all of these Middle Eastern leaders, the situation has worsened for the people, and hopefully now Mr. Trump will cease it," Raymond Finch said, adding he hoped a viable peace settlement would be reached in Syria.
Syrian President Bashar Assad is not a favorite with the US Democratic camp, the British member of the European parliament admitted, "but he is certainly less troublesome for the people in Syria than would be any replacement."
Trump, a Republican, said during an October debate with his Democrat rival, Hillary Clinton, her plan to force Assad to step down threatened to trigger a Third World War with Russia and urged to focus on fighting the Islamic State terror group instead.
