US President Donald Trump meets with Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, left, and with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 14, 2025.This article is part of HuffPost US’ biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe.When US President Donald Trump met with Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the encounter went beyond the “hello” the White House had told reporters to expect.Trump and Sharaa spoke behind closed doors for more than 30 minutes in a discussion that