Baghdad: US President Donald Trump visited the US troops in Iraq to celebrate Christmas, the official Iraqiya television reported on Wednesday.
The state-run channel briefly said that Trump “denied any plans to withdraw US troops from Iraq,” reports Xinhua news agency.
As for his decision to withdraw US troops from neighbouring Syria, Trump said that “a lot of people are going to come around to my way of thinking,” according to the channel.
The channel said that Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived earlier at Ayn al-Asad airbase in Iraq’s western province of Anbar after an overnight flight, where hundreds of US troops are stationed.
Trump left Iraq to Washington after the surprised two-hour visit without meeting with any Iraqi leaders, it added.
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