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Trump Ignored Syria Exit Options that Could Have Kept Russia at Bay, NSC Official Says
By James LaPorta , Tom O'Connor AND Naveed Jamali On 10/16/19 at 4:51 PM EDT
In the weeks leading up to President Donald Trump's decision to exit Syria, his National Security Council staff had been preparing and presenting a variety of plans for an orderly withdrawal, a National Security Council official told Newsweek. The goal was to avoid a violent rush to fill a power vacuum opened by a sudden U.S. exit. These plans were abandoned completely by Trump in favor of an immediate retreat after a call with his Turkish counterpart. Within days of the decision, U.S. troops were handing over strategic positions to Russian forces.
The decision also set the stage for a deal between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government, an ally of Russia and Iran, and the U.S.-supported Syrian Democratic Forces, a mostly Kurdish militia that battled the Islamic State militant group, know commonly as ISIS, and now faced the wrath of Turkey and allied Syrian insurgents. Among senior U.S. policymakers, military officials and career professionals who have served in numerous administrations, the ensuing chaos of Trump's insistence on scrapping plans designed to prevent just that has damaged morale.
"Abandoning almost five years of training and development of an allied force, and gift-wrapping it for the Russians and Assad has been devastating to our morale," said the NSC official, who has direct knowledge of the U.S. evacuation efforts from northern Syria.
"When you are the strongest nation on the planet militarily and diplomatically, there are so many different ways you cannot achieve the same result," the official said.
"If you're asking why there is a morale problem," the official continued, "it is because of people in the NSC, working the region for the past several years across two different administrations, and are now seeing five years of work demolished inside three days."
"We have lost an invaluable strategic advantage in the region, and tarnished our reputation globally by abandoning the Kurds to be slaughtered by the Turks," the official added. "Furthermore, we gain nothing in return."
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https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ignor...ficial-1465731
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Trump to Pelosi as She Stormed Out of Meeting: “Goodbye! We’ll See You at the Polls!”
President Trump savagely trolled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday after she threw a tantrum and stormed out of a White House meeting with Trump on Syria. Pelosi was out of control on Wednesday and made a scene at the White House with her partner-in-crime Senator Chuck Schumer.
President Trump put Pelosi in her place and called her a “third grade politician.”
But he wasn’t done.
A senior Democrat aide said that Trump hit Pelosi again with another zinger as she stood up with Schumer and left the meeting.
“Goodbye, we’ll see you at the polls.” Trump said to Pelosi and Schumer.
Sr Dem aide on WH mtg: Speaker and Hoyer stood and left the meeting.
Trump as they left said: "Goodbye, we'll see you at the polls."
Schumer followed shortly there
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 16, 2019
President Trump then took to Twitter and continued to troll Pelosi calling her a “sick person.”
“Nancy Pelosi needs help fast! There is either something wrong with her “upstairs,” or she just plain doesn’t like our great Country. She had a total meltdown in the White House today. It was very sad to watch. Pray for her, she is a very sick person!” Trump tweeted.
Nancy Pelosi needs help fast! There is either something wrong with her “upstairs,” or she just plain doesn’t like our great Country. She had a total meltdown in the White House today. It was very sad to watch. Pray for her, she is a very sick person!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2019
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...-at-the-polls/
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Originally posted by mathed View PostTrump to Pelosi as She Stormed Out of Meeting: “Goodbye! We’ll See You at the Polls!”
President Trump savagely trolled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Wednesday after she threw a tantrum and stormed out of a White House meeting with Trump on Syria. Pelosi was out of control on Wednesday and made a scene at the White House with her partner-in-crime Senator Chuck Schumer.
President Trump put Pelosi in her place and called her a “third grade politician.”
But he wasn’t done.
A senior Democrat aide said that Trump hit Pelosi again with another zinger as she stood up with Schumer and left the meeting.
“Goodbye, we’ll see you at the polls.” Trump said to Pelosi and Schumer.
Sr Dem aide on WH mtg: Speaker and Hoyer stood and left the meeting.
Trump as they left said: "Goodbye, we'll see you at the polls."
Schumer followed shortly there
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 16, 2019
President Trump then took to Twitter and continued to troll Pelosi calling her a “sick person.”
“Nancy Pelosi needs help fast! There is either something wrong with her “upstairs,” or she just plain doesn’t like our great Country. She had a total meltdown in the White House today. It was very sad to watch. Pray for her, she is a very sick person!” Trump tweeted.
Nancy Pelosi needs help fast! There is either something wrong with her “upstairs,” or she just plain doesn’t like our great Country. She had a total meltdown in the White House today. It was very sad to watch. Pray for her, she is a very sick person!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17, 2019
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...-at-the-polls/
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