Syria: Trump Says US Troops Stayed in Syria 'Because I Kept the Oil'

Jan 15, 2020 | David Brennan, Newsweek
View Original

At a Wisconsin rally on Tuesday, President Donald Trump lauded his decision to retain troops in eastern Syria to control oil fields there, despite warnings that such a move could constitute a war crime. The president delivered a characteristically bombastic speech in Milwaukee, touching on multiple foreign policy issues that have come to the fore in recent months.