Trump says his border wall is more important than defending Kurdish allies
Trump abandoned Kurdish allies to be slaughtered in Syria because he ‘would much rather focus on our Southern Border.’
By Dan Desai Martin - October 14, 2019Trump abandoned Kurdish allies to be slaughtered in Syria because he ‘would much rather focus on our Southern Border.’
By Dan Desai Martin - October 14, 2019Trump is blaming the Kurds for the prison break.
By Emily Singer - October 14, 2019The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. instead warned of vague ‘consequences’ if Turkey did not ‘play by the rules.’
By Frank Dale - October 11, 2019Turkey’s attack on Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces could cause thousands of ISIS prisoners to be set free.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 10, 2019The Kurds ‘didn’t help us with Normandy, as an example.’
By Dan Desai Martin - October 09, 2019Trump issued a statement condemning Turkey’s attack on Syria after opening the door for Turkey to attack in the first place.
By Dan Desai Martin - October 09, 2019Former head of CENTCOM Gen. Joseph Votel slammed Trump for abandoning America’s Kurdish allies despite their work to fight ISIS.
By Oliver Willis - October 08, 2019The Department of Defense revealed that up to 18,000 ISIS fighters are operating in Iraq and Syria.
By Oliver Willis - August 08, 2019ISIS apparently didn’t get Trump’s memo that they had been ‘100 percent’ defeated in Syria.
By Oliver Willis - March 22, 2019Trump’s Syria decision endangered Americans and thrilled Putin. Now the top general in the region has spoken out.
By Oliver Willis - February 15, 2019Trump’s own former envoy to the global anti-ISIS coalition says Trump is lying about ISIS.
By Dan Desai Martin - January 22, 2019And he said nothing about the service members who lost their lives.
By Oliver Willis - January 16, 2019Even Trump’s friends at Fox are disappointed in him for appeasing Russia.
By Oliver Willis - December 21, 2018Trump’s sudden announcement on Syria confused American agencies and leaders. But Vladimir Putin praised it loudly.
By Oliver Willis - December 20, 2018Instead of Trump getting ‘tough’ on Russia, the Kremlin claims it dictated the perimeters of the U.S. missile strikes in Syria.
By Eric Boehlert - April 20, 2018Trump’s loyalty to Putin gets even more embarrassing.
By Tommy Christopher - April 19, 2018‘There has been nobody tougher than me’ on Russia, Trump said Wednesday, apparently hoping that America is suffering from collective amnesia.
By Caroline Orr - April 18, 2018When the Pentagon warned that a Russian disinformation campaign was underway, they forgot to mention that allies of the president were spreading it.
By Caroline Orr - April 15, 2018Things did not go as planned.
By Caroline Orr - April 15, 2018Only 11 Syrian refugees have been allowed into the U.S. this year, a figure that is dwarfed by the number of bombs Trump dropped on Syria in a single night.
By Caroline Orr - April 14, 2018Trump’s only comments about bombing Syria came from Twitter. Instead he made Mike Pence, thousands of miles away in Peru, try to defend the move.
By Oliver Willis - April 14, 2018‘We must take into consideration that he is taking military action out of frustration with the [Russia] probe.’
By Caroline Orr - April 14, 2018Trump prematurely declared ‘mission accomplished’ in Syria, but the bombings he unleashed have not changed the Syrian threat, while Trump remains under federal investigation.
By Oliver Willis - April 14, 2018Trump’s biggest cheerleaders at Fox News are trying to help him figure out how to get the attention off James Comey’s devastating new book.
By Eric Boehlert - April 13, 2018Trump had a very busy morning.
By Eric Boehlert - April 11, 2018In a chilling moment, Bassam Rifai of the Syrian American Council looked directly into the television cameras and begged Trump to go to war with Syria.
By Eric Boehlert - April 09, 2018Borrowing Trump’s despotic language, Russia invoked the term ‘fake news’ to discredit reports about the chemical attacks in Syria.
By Caroline Orr - April 08, 2018Trump refuses to listen to advisers when they want him to get tough with Putin.
By Eric Boehlert - April 05, 2018