Fox News, Sarah Sanders Debate Over Trump Syria Decision
âFox and Friendsâ host Brian Kilmeade debated White House press secretary Sarah Sanders Friday morning over President Donald Trumpâs decision to pull U.S. troops out of Syria.
As Sanders echoed Trumpâs remarks that heâs following through on a campaign pledge to bring troops home, Kilmeade pushed back, arguing Trump is âgiving Russia a big win.â Russian President Vladimir Putin has applauded Trumpâs decision.
Kilmeade also pointed out Trumpâs hypocrisy, arguing the president is âdoing exactly what he criticized President Obama for doing.â
âHe said President Obama is the founder of ISIS,â Kilmeade said. â[Trump] just refounded ISIS, because theyâve got 30,000 men there, and theyâre already striking back with our would-be evacuation. The president is really on the griddle with this.â
As Sanders offered a rebuttal and argued Trumpâs decision does not help ISIS, Kilmeade pushed back, saying âleaving is helping.â
Brian Kilmeade just called out Trump to Sarah Sanders on Syria:
"Sarah, he's giving Russia a big win. Vladimir Putin praised him. He's also doing exactly what he criticized President Obama for doing. He said President Obama was the founder of ISIS. He just refounded ISIS." pic.twitter.com/PC48rTkQ77â Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 21, 2018
Trumpâs decision has been widely criticized, with even Republicans arguing the move will help ISIS. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called it an âObama-like decision,â and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) calling it a âcolossalâ mistake. Trump made the decision against the advice of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who announced Thursday he would retire in February.
It isnât the first time this week Fox News has been critical of a Trump decision. On Thursday, Fox News panelist Lisa Kennedy Montgomery called out Trump for implying heâd circumvent Congress to build a wall at the southern U.S. border, saying people would be âup in armsâ if Obama had tried the same thing.
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