Trump: We Are Battling Daesh for Iran, Russia
WASHINGTON (Dispatches) -- President Trump defended on Saturday his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, just days after four Americans were killed in the country.
"Who are we killing ISIS (Daesh) for? You know, the worst enemy of Russia, Iran, Syria is ISIS. We are killing ISIS for people that are not necessarily in agreement with us, let's put it that way. We have gone into Syria, and in two years, we have reduced it to about 99 percent of the territorial caliphate," he told reporters while leaving the White House.
"Who are we killing ISIS (Daesh) for? You know, the worst enemy of Russia, Iran, Syria is ISIS. We are killing ISIS for people that are not necessarily in agreement with us, let's put it that way. We have gone into Syria, and in two years, we have reduced it to about 99 percent of the territorial caliphate," he told reporters while leaving the White House.