The president has criticized past administrations for not keeping control of valuable Iraqi oil fields conquered by the military.
Troops were deployed there alongside the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, which led the campaign against the Islamic State militant group in Syria with U.S. and Coalition support.Though the withdrawal seemed to mark the end of U.S. presence in Syria, Trump later announced he would retain a force in the east of the country to guard the oil wells there.
In an interview with Fox News last week, the president repeatedly told Laura Ingraham,"I left troops to take the oil. I took the oil. The only troops I have are taking the oil." "As the president has said, the United States is there to accomplish the defeat ISIS mission, including by denying ISIS access to critical resources and revenue that could allow it to regain strength," the spokesperson added.
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