What did Donald Trump claim about the military on 10 Oct 2019?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
We were supposed to be in Syria for 30 days. We've now been there for 10 years.
Not 10 years. U.S. military operations in Syria began in September 2014, about five years before he spoke.
U.S. military operations in Syria began on September 22, 2014, when U.S. forces 'began a series of strikes in Syria', as President Obama reported to Congress the next day (Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on the Commencement of United States Military Operations in Syria, September 23, 2014).
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- 'Make America Great Again' campaign rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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