Trump ‘vows to destroy IS before leaving Syria’

A senior Republican senator said Sunday that President Donald Trump had promised to stay in Syria to finish the job of destroying the Islamic State group -- just days after announcing he would be withdrawing troops immediately. "The president understands the need to finish the job," Lindsey Graham told reporters outside the White House after what he described as a two-hour lunch meeting."He told me some things I didn't know that made me feel a lot better about where we're headed in Syria," the South Carolina lawmaker said.

"I think the president is committed to making sure when we leave Syria that ISIS is completely defeated and we are inside the 10-yard line," he said, using an alternative name for the Islamic State group. When Trump tweeted on December 19 that "we have defeated ISIS in Syria," several military and security experts said he was overstating the case, and warned against a hasty withdrawal.

 

Trump vows to destroy IS before leaving Syria

A senior Republican senator said Sunday that President Donald Trump had promised to stay in Syria to finish the job of destroying the Islamic State group -- just days after announcing he would be withdrawing troops immediately. The president understands the need to finish the job, Lindsey Graham told reporters outside the White House after what he described as a two-hour lunch meeting.He told me some things I didnt know that made me feel a lot better about where were headed in Syria, the South Carolina lawmaker said. I think the president is committed to making sure when we leave Syria that ISIS is completely defeated and we are inside the 10-yard line, he said, using an alternative name for the Islamic State group. When Trump tweeted on December 19 that we have defeated ISIS in Syria, several military and security experts said he was overstating the case, and warned against a hasty withdrawal.