American President Donald Trump, who is being criticized for not visiting the American troops during the holidays, left for an air base in Iraq on Wednesday NYPost reports.
Dressed in a dark suit and red tie, Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump met with military personnel on Wednesday at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq just west of Baghdad in his first visit with military members in war.
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The president revealed to the army officers that he has “no plans at all” to pull them out of the country, where they’ve been helping Iraq forces battle Islamic State terrorists.
The commander-in-chief also defended his controversial decision to withdraw the 2,000 US troops in Syria that are leading a global coalition against the terror group.
“I think a lot of people are going to come around to my way of thinking. It’s time for us to start using our head,” he told the troops.
He said the US can attack terrorist if need be “so fast and so hard” that they “won’t know what the hell happened.”
The White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders posted photos on her Twitter page showing Trump and his wife posing with the troops after the super-secret trip.
“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,” she said in a posting.
Trump, who has boasted that he’s done more for the US military than any of his predecessors, has been blasted for not visiting the troops in an active combat zone.
