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Trump Visits US Troops In Iraq On Unannounced Trip by arabmoney101(m): 11:54pm On Dec 26, 2018
President Trump, accompanied by national security adviser John Bolton, third from left, first lady Melania Trump, fourth from right, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Doug Silliman, third from right, and senior military leadership, speaks to members of the media at Al Asad Airbase, Iraq.
Trump and first lady Melania Trump landed at Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq at 7:16 p.m. local time.

They left Washington late Christmas night, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a tweet Wednesday afternoon.

The trip, Trump first visit to a conflict zone as president, was undertaken in near secrecy. It came with a quarter of the U.S. government shut down as a result of Congress inability to agree on funding for Trump proposed wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Trump visit to Iraq, where in all about 5,200 members of the U.S. military are stationed, also came a day after he held a video conference from the Oval Office with military members around the globe. After the call, he was criticized by some media outlets that said he was the first president since 2002 to not visit U.S. troops at Christmastime.

In Iraq, the president and first lady greeted troops in a dining hall, posing for photos and signing autographs as part of the visit.

The president last week made the controversial move of announcing plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. In his remarks to the troops in Iraq, he defended that decision, saying that the Islamic State group had been "very nearly defeated" and that the caliphate was gone.

"I made it clear from the beginning that our mission in Syria was to strip ISIS of its military strongholds,' Trump said, using an acronym for the militant group.

"Eight years ago, we went there for three months, and we never left," he said, adding the U.S presence in Syria was never meant to be "open-ended."

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Re: Trump Visits US Troops In Iraq On Unannounced Trip by saintjimos(m): 12:40am On Dec 27, 2018
HE IS A CAPACITY LEADER
Re: Trump Visits US Troops In Iraq On Unannounced Trip by rkennyking(m): 12:46am On Dec 27, 2018
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Re: Trump Visits US Troops In Iraq On Unannounced Trip by Nobody: 12:48am On Dec 27, 2018
arabmoney101:
President Trump, accompanied by national security adviser John Bolton, third from left, first lady Melania Trump, fourth from right, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Doug Silliman, third from right, and senior military leadership, speaks to members of the media at Al Asad Airbase, Iraq.
Trump and first lady Melania Trump landed at Al Asad Airbase in western Iraq at 7:16 p.m. local time.

They left Washington late Christmas night, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a tweet Wednesday afternoon.

The trip, Trump first visit to a conflict zone as president, was undertaken in near secrecy. It came with a quarter of the U.S. government shut down as a result of Congress inability to agree on funding for Trump proposed wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

Trump visit to Iraq, where in all about 5,200 members of the U.S. military are stationed, also came a day after he held a video conference from the Oval Office with military members around the globe. After the call, he was criticized by some media outlets that said he was the first president since 2002 to not visit U.S. troops at Christmastime.

In Iraq, the president and first lady greeted troops in a dining hall, posing for photos and signing autographs as part of the visit.

The president last week made the controversial move of announcing plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. In his remarks to the troops in Iraq, he defended that decision, saying that the Islamic State group had been "very nearly defeated" and that the caliphate was gone.

"I made it clear from the beginning that our mission in Syria was to strip ISIS of its military strongholds,' Trump said, using an acronym for the militant group.

"Eight years ago, we went there for three months, and we never left," he said, adding the U.S presence in Syria was never meant to be "open-ended."

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The Western life cycle:

1. Sell weapons to support foreign wars.
2. Foreign wars create millions of refugees.
3. Refugees move into Europe and USA.
4. Complain about refugees in Europe and USA.
5. Go to Step 1
Re: Trump Visits US Troops In Iraq On Unannounced Trip by Mystick: 12:49am On Dec 27, 2018
Ok. Someone should go to Sambisa forest even if he can't lead the war from the front as promised.
Re: Trump Visits US Troops In Iraq On Unannounced Trip by daveP(m): 2:07am On Dec 27, 2018
This guy get sense. The US militaru has been compromised. They dont openly serve the interest of the Potus. so he is withdrawing them. watch as this withdrawal exposes lots of stuff that showes that personal interests and not acts of patriotism was at play.


This war wasnt needed. But it happened and now we are here....

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