President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived back in the United States early Thursday after making a surprise trip to Iraq to visit American forces stationed in the war zone. "Just returned from visiting our troops in Iraq and Germany," the president tweeted Thursday morning. After leaving Iraq, the president's plane stopped at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany to refuel, giving him a second opportunity to visit U.S. troops overseas. But in a November interview with Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday," he said he had plans to make a visit troops abroad. Trump campaigned in part on removing U.S. troops from troubled spots such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Source: Fox News December 27, 2018 10:47 UTC