Trump warns U.S. 'may have to get in wars'
Source: Politico
The president specifically threatens to hit Iran "like they've never been hit before" if the regime provokes Washington.
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Updated: 10/21/2019 03:19 PM EDT
President Donald Trump on Monday offered a confusing description of his foreign policy priorities as commander in chief — insisting that he is working to bring home American soldiers, while warning the U.S. may soon enter into new military conflicts.
“I'm trying to get out of wars. We may have to get in wars, too. OK? We may have to get in wars,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
“We're better prepared than we've ever been,” he continued. “If Iran does something, they'll be hit like they've never been hit before. I mean, we have things that we're looking at.”
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Trump in recent days has sought to promote a temporary cease-fire agreement Vice President Mike Pence negotiated last week with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, aimed at halting the slaughter of U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters in Syria by Turkish forces.
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The more than 700 evacuated U.S. soldiers will be relocated to western Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday, although new media reports indicate Trump is considering keeping a few hundred soldiers in northeastern Syria to counter advances by Syrian and Russian forces into the country's lucrative oil fields.
Esper also announced earlier this month that the administration would be deploying another wave of troops to Saudi Arabia to help protect the kingdom from Iran’s regime, despite Trump’s campaign trail pledge to halt U.S. involvement in “endless wars.” .........................................
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/21/trump-united-states-wars-iran-053341
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Hayes asks Sarandon if she would vote for Trump if it came to a Trump vs. Clinton showdown in the general election. Sarandon acknowledges that, though Sanders would probably urge his supporters to vote for Clinton, a lot of Sanders supporters "just can't bring [themselves] to do that."
She dodged the question. Sarandon supported Trump.
... with his damn name on it.
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This is a rambling version of "We'll see what happens." He has no clue. He is trying to play multiple roles for his audience. Tough guy, lover of the military, and genius. He is trapped in a "reality" show of his own creation but the other actors won't follow his script.
Oil seems to be one thing he has noticed and not the human costs of his actions which should be a driving factor. Arrgh.
I am afraid that he will cause WWIII, not so much as a distraction, but through his ignorance and vanity.
He needs to go!
Days ago he was justifying getting out of Turkey's way into Syria because he didn't think we should be in all these "endless wars" we are always fighting. Now we may have to get into more wars?
A 12-year-old of average intelligence could have phrased it better -- perhaps e.g., "engage in warfare."
And he repeated it, no less.
But he has the best words.
