ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump was paying tribute Saturday [1-19-19] to the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria this week as he set off to Dover Air Force Base for the return of their remains. The trip was not listed on the president’s public schedule that was released Friday [1-18-19] night, but he tweeted the news before his Saturday morning departure from the White House…The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s attack in the northern Syrian town of Manbij that came about a month after Trump had declared that the militants had been defeated and that he was withdrawing U.S. forces from the country. The attack highlighted the threat still posed by IS despite Trump’s assertion and could complicate that withdrawal plan. Some of his senior advisers have disagreed with the decision and have offered an evolving timetable for the removal of the approximately 2,000 U.S. troops.”
–Associated Press, “Trump paying tribute to Americans killed in Syrian attack,” Politico, January 19, 2019 7:22 am