Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke at a Pentagon news conference to cheer the successful mission by U.S. special operations forces Saturday that ended with IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi blowing himself up.
“He reached the end of the tunnel, as our dogs chased him down,” Trump said. “He ignited his vest, killing himself and the three children.”
Trump exaggerated the scope of a deal bringing a temporary cease-fire to Turkish-Kurdish hostilities, falsely suggested that U.S. troops in Syria will come home and mischaracterized the history of the conflict and even the geography of it.
‘He’s even more out of control than usual,” says one worried White House aide. “We worry he may stroke out. Or he might order troops to take over our government. I wish that was a joke, but some in the West Wing say it could happen.”
Doesn’t matter if the lies come from tweets, press conferences, off-the-cuff remarks and fantasies at rallies, Trump’s relationship with the truth is nonexistent.
The House, bitterly divided over the Trump impeachment inquiry, banded together for an overwhelming 354-60 denunciation of the U.S. troop withdrawal. Many lawmakers expressed worry that it may lead to revival of IS as well as Russian presence and influence in the area — in addition to the slaughter of many Kurds.
“They know how to fight,” he said. “And by the way, they’re no angels.”
American soldiers on the battlefield in Syria, helping the Kurds, say Trump’s decision to withdraw is a “dagger to the heart” and will “go down in infamy” as “a stain on the American reputation for decades.”
Now there are four: Are more wavering? Ohio’a Rob Portman Monday became the fourth Republican Senator to admit president Donald Trump’s use of his office
In a campaign that spanned five years and two U.S. presidencies, unleashed more than 100,000 bombs and killed untold numbers of civilians, the U.S. military