As Donald Trump gets ready to deliver a foreign policy speech later today in Washington, D.C., the now presumptive GOP nominee called in to CNN this morning and was asked if he agreed with President Obama’s decision to send 250 more special operations troops to Syria to fight ISIS. His response was yes, but we need to do it “quietly” without the “fanfare”:
Well, I could agree with it, but I don’t agree with telling it to the world. I would send them in quietly because right now they have a target on their back. So I would agree with it much more — I don’t know what purpose they’re being sent in for — but I would agree with it, I can live with it. But what I don’t like doing is sending them in with so such fanfare. Let them go in. Let them go in quietly. be unpredictable. But from my standpoint, I find it very, very hard every time we do something we announce it for publicity reasons, and I think that’s very negative. I think it’s a bad thing.
Video here:
"I could agree with it but I don't agree with telling it to the world" – Trump on Obama sending more troops to Syria https://t.co/sg5KOJ7NYo
— New Day (@NewDay) April 27, 2016
Trump also gave a preview of the speech, saying he will focus on the economic aspects of foreign policy as that one of his “strengths”:
Donald Trump to deliver foreign policy address in Washingtonhttps://t.co/qu63oYA0P9 https://t.co/dfxRlS2sfY
— New Day (@NewDay) April 27, 2016
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