US President Donald Trump on Monday defended the decision to withdraw American troops from war-torn Syria.
In a tweet, Trump said, during the 2016 presidential elections, he had promised that the US would get out of Syria and other places.
If anybody but Donald Trump did what I did in Syria, which was an ISIS loaded mess when I became President, they would be a national hero. ISIS is mostly gone, we’re slowly sending our troops back home to be with their families, while at the same time fighting ISIS remnants……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 31, 2018
…I campaigned on getting out of Syria and other places. Now when I start getting out the Fake News Media, or some failed Generals who were unable to do the job before I arrived, like to complain about me & my tactics, which are working. Just doing what I said I was going to do!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 31, 2018
Trump said that there is no need for US troops in Syria after the defeat of the Islamic State.
Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria has been widely condemned by US lawmakers and the influential think-tank community. Defence Secretary James Mattis too resigned in protest.
The US has some 2,000 troops in Syria, which will gradually return from this war-ravaged country.
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