President Trump, First Lady Make Surprise Visit to US Troops in Iraq (PHOTOS)
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December, 2018
US
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump made a surprise
visit to Iraq on Wednesday to meet with US servicemembers stationed
at the Al Asad Air Base.
During
the visit, Trump told reporters that he has "no plans at all"
to remove US troops from Iraq, instead stressing his
interests in wanting soldiers to vacate from Syria, AP
reported. POTUS added that Iraq could be used as a base to stage
attacks on Daesh militants.
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reportedly told journalists that, if needed, Washington could attack
militants "so fast and so hard [that they] won't know what the
hell happened." This visit marks the first time that Trump has
visited a war zone since becoming president — a move
which he was previously criticized for failing to do.
President Trump and the First Lady traveled to Iraq late on Christmas night to visit with our troops and Senior Military leadership to thank them for their service, their success, and their sacrifice and to wish them a Merry Christmas.
"I
think a lot of people are going to come around to my
way of thinking," Trump, speaking on his decision
to remove troops from Syria, told reporters at the
base. "It's time for us to start using our head."
NEW: President
WikiLeaks
previously sounded off on the Wednesday visit, sharing an image
with a caption that read, "Is Trump on a surprise
visit to Afghanistan? Turkey? Flight trackers show that one
of two planes used for Air Force One (92-9000/VC-25) using
what appears to be a fake HEXCODE of AW47C4, departed
Andrews Air Force base at midnight."
Is Trump on a surprise visit to Afghanistan? Turkey? Flight trackers show that one of two planes used for Air Force One (92-9000/VC-25) using what appears to be a fake HEXCODE of AE47C4, departed Andrews Air Force base at midnight. Transponders changed or disabled near Romania.
Trump
is also expected to visit US servicemembers stationed at the
Ramstein Air Base in Germany on his flight back to the
US.
The CNN version
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