Posted on 12/26/2018 11:27:49 AM PST by bitt
President Donald Trump made a surprise visit to American troops in Iraq on Wednesday, his first journey to an active combat zone since he took office.
The president landed on Wednesday.
Trump visited wounded U.S. troops last Christmas season, on Dec. 21, 2017, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland. He also that month invited Coast Guard members to play golf at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
But before Wednesday's trip to Iraq, Trump had taken some heat from critics for being the first president since 2002 not to make a Christmastime visit to troops in 2018.
He was also criticized in November for canceling a trip to an American military burial ground outside Paris in November due to weather. Two days after that, he skipped the traditional Veterans Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
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Hopefully he won’t need to dodge sniper fire like hildabeast. Thank you Mr. President.
Melania is also there !
Thank you Mr President and Mrs First Lady for your beautiful visit.
It will mean so much to our heroic servicemen and women that you have chosen to share the most holy day of all with them .
Go Trump !
Go Melania !
May the Lord continue to bless and protect our glorious President and his radiant wife! May the Lord place angels armed with swords pointed outwards around our President to fend off all evil
I was sorry I couldn’t find a more friendly website to post the news quickly - NBC got their zing in..
“Trump had been criticized for not visiting any combat zones until now, unlike several of his predecessors.”
FEH.
Well, in truth, his first Combat Zone has been the House+Senate, etc.
I believe Trump just flew to the Middle East on VC-25A (Air Force One) using a disguise callsign of RCH358 and a disguise hex code which couldn’t be traced back to any aircraft. Thanks to spotters in Europe, there is visual confirmation this is VC-25A 92-9000!
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12:42 PM - 26 Dec 2018
https://twitter.com/AircraftSpots/status/1077982997285023744
Freakin’ ABC makes it sound as though he is (whiney voice)
trying to make up for the two vitally important events he missed.
They feed the hate we feel with their reports.
Considering that the Democrat EneMedia would spill his location, plane description and transit times to the enemy, AND buy them the ManPads to fire on his aircraft, we know why they were criticizing him.
I'm not going to relax until he's safely back in the United States.
Bring them home Mr. President!
So all the “home alone in the White House” tweets were a ruse?
Well played Mr. President!
This is terrible, horrible - just anticipating the corrupt media hate filled fake news reports.
Next headline will be Trump leaves DC during shutdown LMAO!
Our POTUS Rocks!
Who the hell is the press kidding? Washington, D.C. is nothing but a combat zone for this President.
it is very very nice of PDJT to visit our troops, I respect and applaud him for this excellent gesture....
but I do hope he stays away from Muslim Krapistans in future, all of them
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