What did Donald Trump claim about the military on 19 Sep 2020?
Donald Trump, President of the United States and Republican presidential candidate ·
We're bringing them back, we're bringing them back, just so you know, we're bringing them back from Iraq. We're down to 2,000 soldiers in Iraq.
The plan was 3,000, not 2,000. Ten days earlier, Central Command announced it would cut troops in Iraq from about 5,200 to 3,000 during September.
Ten days earlier, U.S. Central Command announced that the United States would 'reduce our troop presence in Iraq from about 5,200 to 3,000 troops during the month of September' (U.S. Central Command, excerpt from Gen. Frank McKenzie's speech in Iraq, Sept. 9, 2020).
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- 'Great American Comeback' campaign rally at Fayetteville Regional Airport in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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