Trump had faced criticism for not yet visiting U.S. troops stationed in harm's way as he comes up on his two-year mark in office. Trump told his audience in Iraq that the decision to withdraw the roughly 2,000 troops from Syria illustrated his quest to put "America first." "We're no longer the suckers, folks," Trump said at al-Asad Air Base, about 100 miles or 60 kilometers west of Baghdad. "Everybody and his uncle wants that position," Trump told reporters traveling with him. On Dec. 15, the U.S.-led coalition launched an airstrike in support of Iraqi troops who were chasing IS fighters toward a tunnel west of Mosul.

Source: Fox News December 27, 2018 05:03 UTC