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Trump, first lady in Iraq for surprise
Fox News.com ^ | December 26, 2018 | Travis Fedschun

Posted on 12/26/2018 1:02:37 PM PST by Kaslin

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump makes surprise visit to US troops and senior military leadership in Iraq

President Trump and the first lady appeared in Iraq on Wednesday for a surprise visit with troops and senior military leadership at Al Asad Air Base, where he said he has "no plans at all" to remove any of the 5,000 U.S. troops from the country.

Trump's visit -- his first as president to a combat zone -- comes on the heels of his announcement about pulling troops out of Syria and the rumored removal of thousands of troops in Afghanistan.

Trump's surprise visit to the region came a week after he declared ISIS had been “defeated” in Syria in a tweet and ordered all American diplomats and soldiers out of the country.

The U.S. first deployed troops to Syria in 2015 during the Obama administration as part of a partnership with Kurdish-led forces against ISIS. A year before the deployment, U.S. airstrikes also began in Syria.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: 4dchess; afghanistan; iraq; isis
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1 posted on 12/26/2018 1:02:37 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Donald and Melania make us proud, again.

May God continue to bless and strengthen them during these crazy times!


2 posted on 12/26/2018 1:06:56 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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To: Kaslin

Earlier today there were Internet postings that AF-1 was flying over Europe. Hard to hide these kind of things anymore.


3 posted on 12/26/2018 1:08:35 PM PST by McGruff
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To: Kaslin

Now the libtards will rag on him because he said he was staying in DC because of the shutdown.


4 posted on 12/26/2018 1:18:01 PM PST by pfflier
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To: pfflier

Trump lied to us. Again. /s/


5 posted on 12/26/2018 1:24:51 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: Kaslin

And yet ANOTHER item on the list of things to criticize the President gets obliterated!!!

Way to go POTUS.
Keep Making America Great


6 posted on 12/26/2018 1:30:54 PM PST by Oscar in Batangas (12:01 PM 1/20/2017...The end of an error.)
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To: pfflier

I also expect some to criticize the clothing choices for POTUS and FLOTUS, for this visit to troops.


7 posted on 12/26/2018 1:32:19 PM PST by NEMDF
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To: pfflier

Oh they’ll rag on him 6 ways from Sunday. I heard the snarky radio woman say that Iraq was of course not as dangerous as when W and Obama went there !!!


8 posted on 12/26/2018 1:40:59 PM PST by shalom aleichem (Fire Rod and Mueller and any other rat or snake. Shutter the press room.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks Kaslin. He's winning over A) the troops and B) everyone who wants the troops home. Even those who don't like him won't hold this against him, and it weakens 2020 turnout for the Demagogic Party. Ever campaign ad is going to repeat the video of the Obama cadre and the rest of the Demwit jokers like Wesley Clark criticizing bringing the troops home.

9 posted on 12/26/2018 1:42:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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The secret was kept. Seems like Trump has good security.

I like having an unpredictable POTUS who’s on our side.

WINNING! I’m so proud of them both.


10 posted on 12/26/2018 1:44:15 PM PST by poconopundit
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To: Kaslin

But they did not have to land under snipper fire like the Hildabeast!


11 posted on 12/26/2018 1:51:35 PM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: heterosupremacist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-y9nfWnbwM

Video in Iraq


12 posted on 12/26/2018 1:54:42 PM PST by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Kaslin

I was in the Veterans Hospital in Long Beach because of a TIA event and had to listen to one of the nurses talk about how Trump was a loser, the first president to spend Christmas alone in the White House, etc., along with all the usual TDS trash.

Ouch, MF’r.


13 posted on 12/26/2018 2:00:40 PM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism: intolerance masquerading as tolerance)
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To: ExTexasRedhead

ExTexasRedhead wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-y9nfWnbwM

Video in Iraq

Thanx 4 posting, X Tex!

Video was great, but the audio was pretty cheesy...
(imo)


14 posted on 12/26/2018 2:00:55 PM PST by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.)
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To: heterosupremacist

They sure do, unlike that arrogant pos former occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and his spouse


15 posted on 12/26/2018 2:03:33 PM PST by Kaslin
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To: heterosupremacist

Love it!


16 posted on 12/26/2018 2:05:14 PM PST by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: Loud Mime

The useless nurse should be fired ands exiled. Get OUT!


17 posted on 12/26/2018 2:08:45 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Kaslin
<>p These soldiers will have a proud memory to show all the generations that come after them.
18 posted on 12/26/2018 2:13:34 PM PST by Hostage (Article V (Proud Member of the Deranged Q Fringe))
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To: Hostage

great photo.


19 posted on 12/26/2018 2:31:19 PM PST by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: ExTexasRedhead

thank you so much for that video!

Brought tears - what a wonderful President and First Lady!


20 posted on 12/26/2018 2:54:33 PM PST by Freedom'sWorthIt
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