After months of critics’ complaints that he had not visited a war zone in his first two years of office, President Trump made a surprise visit to a U.S. airbase in Iraq. After flying in under cover of darkness, he met with American troops and commanders, posed for selfies, autographed red “Make America Great Again” hats and spoke to about 100 servicemen and -women emphasizing his “America First” policy: “We are in countries most people haven’t even heard about. Frankly, it’s ridiculous.” Three and a half hours later, Trump and his entourage, including his wife, Melania, left to visit U.S. troops in Ramstein, Germany, and then headed back to Washington, where his national security policy appears to be in growing turmoil after Trump abruptly decided to pull all American troops from Syria.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times