Hello hello hello hello welcome to your extra morning news show my name is

Philip de franco and today we're going to be talking about Syria now you may remember

that at the end of 2018 president Trump said that the united states had defeated

ISIS in Syria and would start pulling troops out soon we've been fighting for a long time in Syria and would start pulling troops out soon. We've been fighting for a long time in Syria.

I've been president for almost two years and we've really stepped it up and we have won

against ISIS.

We've beaten them and we've beaten them badly. We've taken back the land and now it's

time for our troops to come back home.

And this announcement came as a shock to many, including Trump advisors and US allies.

And this was because there were worries that leaving Syria right now could help the

terror group make a comeback or leave a power vacuum that countries like Iran and Russia could

potentially fill.

And so we saw lawmakers from both sides of the aisle criticizing the move,

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned, and people were especially worried about what would happen to the U.S.

Kurdish allies.

Well, ever since his announcement back in December, President Trump seems to have backtracked on his decision.

After months of pressure from lawmakers, European allies and defense officials, he has agreed to keep

400 U.S. troops in Syria.

And when asked why, he was reversing course, this is what he said at a press briefing in the

Oval Office on February 22nd. I'm not reversing course I have done something that

nobody else has been able to do in another short period of time like hours, you'll be hearing hours and days, you'll be hearing about the caliphate.

It's 100% defeated. Nobody's been able to say that. That doesn't mean there aren't some very bad people walking around and strapping on bombs

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