Washington sources reported that America cannot be the policeman of the world, US President Donald Trump has said during his first visit to Iraq as he urged other countries to share responsibilities. Meanwhile Trump, on a surprise visit to US troops stationed in Iraq, defended his decision to pull American troops out of war torn Syria, saying there would be no delays. Trump told reporters "The United States cannot continue to be the policeman of the world".
Reportedly this is his first visit to Iraq as the US President and he is accompanied by First Lady Melania. Furthermore Trump vowed for a "harsh response" from his administration if there was to be another terrorist attack on America. Trump told American troops at a military base west of Baghdad that "If anything should happen at all, nobody will ever have suffered the consequences they had suffered".
He said "It's not fair when the burden is all on us, the United States," as he defended his decision to withdraw troops from Syria and let regional countries, Turkey in particular, to complete the work of finishing the remnants of the ISIS terror group and Saudi Arabia to invest in development of the war-ravaged country. Moreover in his interaction with reporters, Trump described how he gave "the generals" multiple six-month "extensions" to get out of Syria.
