TIL Desk/World/Washington/ US President Donald Trump on Thursday reiterated his intention to withdraw US troops from Iraq but gave no detailed timeline.
Speaking to reporters in the White House with visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Trump said that “we have been taking our troops out of Iraq fairly rapidly, and we look forward to the day when we don’t have to be there.
“At some point, we obviously will be gone. We’ve brought it down to a very, very low level,” Trump added when asked if the US would pull troops out of Iraq in three years.
Pressed by reporters on the timeframe of the full withdrawal from Iraq, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vaguely replied that a complete pullout would take place “as soon as we complete the mission.”
