AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “United States military troops in Afghanistan are at a 19-year low. Likewise, Iraq and Syria are also at the lowest point in many years. I will always be committed to stopping the endless wars. It has been a great honor to rebuild our military and support our brave men and women in uniform. $2.5 […]
Category: Iraq
12/23/2020
IRAN/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our embassy in Baghdad got hit Sunday by several rockets. Three rockets failed to launch. Guess where they were from: IRAN. Now we hear chatter of additional attacks against Americans in Iraq… https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1341862953637822468/photo/1 …Some friendly health advice to Iran: If one American is killed, I will hold Iran responsible. Think it over.” […]
11/17/2020
AFGHANISTAN/DEFENSE/IRAQ/MILITARY: “Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller announced Tuesday [Nov. 17, 2020] that the US will withdraw thousands more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by Jan 15, 2021 — just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office… Currently there are approximately 4,500 US troops in Afghanistan and 3,000 troops in Iraq. A senior […]
10/31/2020
IRAQ/JOE BIDEN/RELIGION/TERRORISM: “I want to extend my prayers and condolences to the Chaldean Assyrian Community this 10th anniversary of Our Lady of Deliverance church massacre in Baghdad. The right to worship is fundamental, and as Americans we should be proud that people from around the world find a home here.“ ––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 31, […]
10/13/2020
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY: “With Iraq, we’re almost out. With Afghanistan, 19 years in Afghanistan, 19 years, and we’re really serving as policemen. It’s great to be policemen, but they got to have their own policemen. They got to do it themselves. But we’re, we’re bringing them home. We’re down to a very few number of soldiers.” -Donald […]
9/17/2020
CHINA/DEFENSE/IRAN/IRAQ/ISIS/JOE BIDEN/MILITARY/WAR: “No one has been more wrong, more often than Biden. He voted FOR the Iraq War, he supported the defense sequester that gutted our military, he opposed the mission to take out Osama bin Laden, he opposed killing Soleimani, he oversaw the rise of ISIS, and he cheered the rise of… …China as […]
8/29/2020
IRAQ/MEDIA/MILITARY/WAR: “U.S. planning to cut military presence in Iraq – https://oann.com/u-s-planning-t“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 29, 2020 4:38 pm […]
8/19/2020
IRAQ/MIDDLE EAST: “We’re largely out of Iraq. We’re down to a very few soldiers. I said we’re getting out of these endless wars — these ridiculous, endless wars. We should have never been there in the first place. I think it was the worst decision made in the history of our country. Should have never […]
8/11/2020
ISIS/IRAQ/SYRIA: “When I took over, ISIS was prevalent. It was all over the place. And I wiped out ISIS in Syria and Iraq, 100% of the caliphate.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Hugh Hewitt, “President Trump On A SCOTUS Vacancy, China, College Football, Joe Biden’s VP And More,” hughhewitt.com, Aug. 11, 2020 […]
6/17/2020
IRAQ/JOHN BOLTON/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now, I don’t know what Bolton has said [in his forthcoming book]. I haven’t seen it yet. But Bolton is a disgruntled guy who made tremendous mistakes. He was one of the architects of the Middle East policy. And the only thing I liked about Bolton was that everybody thought he was […]
6/7/2020
FAKE NEWS/IRAQ: “Colin Powell was a pathetic interview today on Fake News CNN. In his time, he was weak & gave away everything to everybody – so bad for the USA. Also got the ‘weapons of mass destruction’ totally wrong, and you know what that mistake cost us? Sad! Only negative questions asked.“ –Donald Trump, […]
6/7/2020
2020 ELECTION/AFGHANISTAN/JOE BIDEN/IRAQ/WAR “Colin Powell, a real stiff who was very responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East Wars, just announced he will be voting for another stiff, Sleepy Joe Biden. Didn’t Powell say that Iraq had ‘weapons of mass destruction?’ They didn’t, but off we went to WAR!“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June […]
1/29/2020
IRAQ/LEGISLATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “On the Iraq War Resolution being voted on tomorrow in the House of Represenatives, we are down to 5000 soldiers, and going down, and I want everyone, Republican and Democrat, to vote their HEART!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 29, 2020 10:33 am […]
1/3/2020
IRAQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @mrglenn: I’m a reporter but I was a Soldier for several years and led a platoon of cavalry troops into combat in Iraq. Qassim Solemani…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 11:01 am […]
1/3/2020
ASSASSINATION/IRAN/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @SecPompeo: Iraqis — Iraqis — dancing in the street for freedom; thankful that General Soleimani is no more. https://t.co/huFcae3ap4“ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 10:35 am […]
1/3/2020
IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….and more control over Iraq, and the people of Iraq are not happy with that. It will never end well!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 10:09 am […]
1/3/2020
IRAN/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The United States has paid Iraq Billions of Dollars a year, for many years. That is on top of all else we have done for them. The people of Iraq don’t want to be dominated & controlled by Iran, but ultimately, that is their choice. Over the last 15 years, Iran has […]
1/3/2020
ASSASSINATION/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @samdagher: This year hundreds of protesters were killed in #Iraq after #QassemSoleimani urged pro #Iran gov to use maximum force & in #…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 7:21 am […]
1/3/2020
IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TravelGov: #Iraq: Due to heightened tensions in Iraq and the region, we urge U.S. citizens to depart Iraq immediately. Due to Iranian-b…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 7:02 am […]
1/3/2020
IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @USEmbBaghdad: تنبيه أمني – سفارة الولايات المتحدة في بغداد، العراق، 3 كانون الثاني 2020 Security Alert – U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq, J…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, January 3, 2020 7:01 am […]
12/31/2019
IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @LindseyGrahamSC: To our Iraqi allies: This is your moment to convince the American people the US-Iraq relationship is meaningful to yo…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 8:06 pm […]
12/31/2019
IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @LindseyGrahamSC: Very proud of President @realDonaldTrump acting decisively in the face of threats to our embassy in Baghdad. He has…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 8:05 pm […]
12/31/2019
IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @LindseyGrahamSC: Just had a very good meeting with President @realDonaldTrump and his team regarding the situation in Iraq. President…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 8:03 pm […]
12/31/2019
IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wonderful account of U.S. Embassy (Iraq) vs. the Benghazi disaster! https://t.co/qDQtgkjr1S“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 6:19 pm […]
12/31/2019
IRAQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @JackPosobiec: BREAKING: US Marines arriving to Baghdad embassy https://t.co/nRGUKF7MJc“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 6:17 pm […]
12/31/201
IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wonderful account of U.S. Embassy (Iraq) vs. the Bengahzi disaster! https://t.co/qDQtgkjr1S” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 6:09 pm […]
12/31/2019
IRAQ/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Fake News said I played golf today, and I did NOT! I had meeting in various locations, while closely monitoring the U.S. Embassy situation in Iraq, which I am still doing. The Corrupt Lamestream Media knew this but, not surprisingly, failed to report or correct!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 […]
12/31/2019
IRAQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Anti-Benghazi!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 4:38 pm […]
12/31/2019
IRAQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Anti-Bengahzi!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 4:29 pm […]
12/31/2019
IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Embassy in Iraq is, & has been for hours, SAFE! Many of our great Warfighters, together with the most lethal military equipment in the world, was immediately rushed to the site. Thank you to the President & Prime Minister of Iraq for their rapid response upon request….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
12/31/2019
IRAN/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To those many millions of people in Iraq who want freedom and who don’t want to be dominated and controlled by Iran, this is your time!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, 2019 10:44 am […]
12/31/2019
IRAN/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Iran killed an American contractor, wounding many. We strongly responded, and always will. Now Iran is orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. They will be held fully responsible. In addition, we expect Iraq to use its forces to protect the Embassy, and so notified!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 31, […]
11/4/2019
IRAN/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @arabnews: #BREAKING: Dozens of Iraqi demonstrators have stormed the Iranian consulate in #Karbala, lowering the flag and burning part o…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 4, 2019 12:18 am […]
10/13/2019
IRAQ/KURDS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TURKEY: “Do you remember two years ago when Iraq was going to fight the Kurds in a different part of Syria. Many people wanted us to fight with the Kurds against Iraq, who we just fought for. I said no, and the Kurds left the fight, twice. Now the same thing is happening […]
9/18/2019
IRAN/IRAQ/MIDDLE EAST/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It took less than a day after major Saudi oil facilities came under attack this weekend for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to blame Iran directly. The swiftness of the judgment raised eyebrows in Washington and around the world, triggering immediate comparisons to the run-up to the Iraq War in […]
8/19/2019
IRAQ/ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Five months after American-backed forces ousted the Islamic State from its last shard of territory in Syria, the terrorist group is gathering new strength, conducting guerrilla attacks across Iraq and Syria, retooling its financial networks and targeting new recruits at an allied-run tent camp, American and Iraqi military and intelligence officers said. […]
8/7/2019
HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A 41-year-old Detroit man deported to Iraq in June died Tuesday [8-6-19], according to the American Civil Liberties Union and two people close the man’s family. The man, Jimmy Aldaoud, spent most of his life in the U.S., but was swept up in President Donald Trump’s intensified immigration enforcement efforts. Edward […]
5/15/2019
IRAN/IRAQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “In the Trump administration’s recent bellicose talk about Iran, Iraqis hear eerie echoes of the months just before the American invasion of Iraq. Iraqi officials, wary of another war on their land, say they have warned armed groups tied to Iran to refrain from taking any action that could provoke American retaliation…In […]
5/15/2019
IRAN/IRAQ/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The State Department on Wednesday [5-15-19] ordered the evacuation of non-emergency staff from the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, a move that comes as the U.S. government has alluded to risks of an attack by the Islamic Republic or its proxies in the region. The Wednesday order follows a travel advisory posted on […]
5/7/2019
IRAQ/MIDDLE EAST/MIKE POMPEO/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a lightning visit to Baghdad on Tuesday [5-7-19] to show U.S. support for the Iraqi government as Washington steps up warnings to Iran against any action against American interests in the Middle East. The unannounced trip began and ended after nightfall and under heavy security. […]
2/6/2019
IRAQ/ISIS/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [2-6-19] that officials would announce next week that ‘100 percent’ of the ISIS caliphate had been liberated..ISIS currently holds only about 1 percent of land in Iraq and Syria, the global coalition to counter ISIS announced late last year. However, the caliphate continues to hold territory in […]
2/4/2019
IRAQ/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s unexpected announcement that he wanted American troops in Iraq to stay there to ‘watch Iran’ achieved a previously unattainable goal on Monday [2-4-19]: unity in the Iraqi political establishment. The problem for Mr. Trump was that the unity was a collective rejection of his proposal, and added momentum to proposed […]
1/11/2019
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/ISIS/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. military began the process of withdrawing its troops from Syria following a drawdown ordered by President Donald Trump, a military official said Friday [1-11-19]. Col. Sean Ryan, a spokesman for the U.S.-coalition fighting the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, declined to discuss specific operational details of the […]
12/26/2018
IRAQ/MILITARY/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The tweets stopped and soon the jig was up. President Donald Trump’s trip to Iraq this week, his first to a war zone as president, was supposed to be a surprise. But the White House couldn’t keep the sensitive trip a secret for long. After tweeting more than three dozen times […]
12/26/2018
IRAQ/MELANIA/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “.@FLOTUS Melania and I were honored to visit our incredible troops at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq. GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.! https://t.co/rDlhITDvm1” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 26, 2018 3:35 pm […]
12/26/2018
IRAQ/ISIS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump once opined that it wasn’t ‘overly necessary’ for him to visit troops in danger zones abroad. But with the lights of Air Force One out and window shutters drawn, the president did just that, slipping into Iraq at night to greet U.S. service members and show that his norm-busting […]
12/26/2018
GERMANY/IRAQ/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s trip to Iraq (all times local): 5 a.m. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, have greeted U.S. troops in Germany. It was the president’s second visit to U.S. troops abroad in the last day. He stopped at Ramstein Air Force Base on his way […]
12/26/2018
IRAQ/JAMES MATTIS/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump visited American military forces on Wednesday [12-26-18] in Iraq, making his first trip to troops stationed in a combat zone only days after announcing his intention to withdraw the United States from foreign wars in Syria and Afghanistan. The trip, shrouded in secrecy, came during a partial government shutdown […]
12/23/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’It should not be the job of America to replace regimes around the world. This is what President Trump recognized in Iraq, that it was the biggest foreign policy disaster of the last several decades, and he’s right…The generals still don’t get the mistake.’ @RandPaul” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 23, […]
11/15/2018
IRAN/IRAQ/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is asking the Senate to approve a new ambassador to Iraq as the U.S. ratchets up pressure on neighboring Iran and as some Republicans in Congress call for a stronger response to Tehran’s influence in Baghdad. Trump on Thursday [11-15-18] officially asked the Senate to confirm Matthew Tueller, who […]
6/1/2018
DEFENSE/IRAQ/ISIS/MIDDLE EAST/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Pentagon has told Congress it estimates that nearly 500 civilians were killed as a result of US military actions in the first year of the Trump administration. ‘(The Department of Defense) assesses that there are credible reports of approximately 499 civilians killed and approximately 169 civilians injured during 2017’ as […]
5/9/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/IRAQ/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WAR: “Fifteen years after invading Iraq over weapons of mass destruction and ties to al Qaeda that both proved non-existent, the United States is again steering toward a possible confrontation with a Middle East power for suspected work on nuclear weapons and support for terrorism. U.S. President Donald Trump’s Iran policy sounds […]
2/22/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/REX TILLERSON/STATE/SYRIA: “The Trump administration has decided that it needs no new legal authority from Congress to indefinitely keep American military forces deployed in Syria and Iraq, even in territory that has been cleared of Islamic State fighters, according to Pentagon and State Department officials. In a pair of letters, the officials illuminated the […]
1/30/2018
9/11/DEFENSE/IRAQ/ISIS/SYRIA/TALIBAN/TERRORISM/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Findings. (a) Consistent with long-standing law of war principles and applicable law, the United States may detain certain persons captured in connection with an […]
12/27/2017
IRAQ/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘On 1/20 – the day Trump was inaugurated – an estimated 35,000 ISIS fighters held approx 17,500 square miles of territory in both Iraq and Syria. As of 12/21, the U.S. military est the remaining 1,000 or so fighters occupy roughly 1,900 square miles..’ @jamiejmcintyre @dcexaminer https://t.co/OgYEuDgzD2″ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. […]
12/27/2017
IRAQ/MILITARY/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ” ‘On 1/20 – the day Trump was inaugurated – an estimated 35,000 ISIS fighters held approx 17,500 square miles of territory in both Iraq and Syria. As of 12/21, the U.S. military estimates the remaining 1,000 or so fighters occupy roughly 1,900 square miles…’ via @jamiejmcintyre https://t.co/0lXKMUoPE9″ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. […]
12/24/2017
IRAQ/LEGAL/MILITARY: “A federal judge ruled the military must provide immediate access to legal counsel for a U.S. citizen being held as an enemy combatant at a secret location in Iraq. The unnamed U.S. citizen was captured in September by Syrian opposition forces fighting Islamic State and transferred to U.S. custody in Iraq, court records show. […]
12/20/2017
IRAQ/NATIONAL SECURITY/SAUDI ARABIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senior national security officials in the Trump administration are embracing a proposal to transfer to Saudi Arabia an American citizen being held in Iraq as a wartime detainee, according to officials familiar with internal deliberations. A meeting last week of the National Security Council’s ‘deputies committee’ — the No. 2 […]
11/20/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/MILITARY: “The Iraqi Kurdish government has asked the U.S. to appoint a special envoy to mediate a deepening and potentially dangerous dispute between the central government in Baghdad and the semiautonomous Kurdish region, a top Kurdish official said Monday [11-20-17]. Falah Mustafa Bakir, the head of foreign relations for Iraqi Kurdistan, told The Wall […]
10/17/2017
BUSINESS/IRAQ/LEGAL: “A lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday [10-17-17] contends that major American corporations doing business with the Iraqi government during the Iraq War also provided it with free drugs and medical devices that became an important source of funding for a Shiite militia that targeted United States troops. The lawsuit was filed on […]
6/29/2017
IRAQ/SYRIA/TERRORISM: “The Islamic State has carried out nearly 1,500 attacks in 16 cities across Iraq and Syria after they were declared freed from the militants’ control in recent months, providing new evidence that the group is reverting to its insurgent roots and foreshadowing long-term security threats. The information was compiled by the Combating Terrorism Center […]
6/27/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IMMIGRATION/IRAQ: “To the chagrin of the government, a Detroit federal judge Monday [6-26-17] protected 1,444 Iraqi immigrants nationwide from being immediately deported, including some who faced possible eviction from the U.S. as early as Tuesday. In issuing his emergency order, U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith concluded the Iraqi nationals — most of them Christians […]
6/22/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/NATIONAL SECURITY/SYRIA: “To hear the Pentagon tell it, the United States still has no intention of getting involved in Syria’s six-year civil war; the American presence there is solely to help its allies defeat the Islamic State. But a recent spate of incidents have raised alarm from diplomats and national security officials that the […]
5/16/2017
IRAQ/TRUMP MEMORANDA: “Notice Regarding the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and […]
04/03/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAQ/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER: “White House senior adviser Jared Kushner landed in Iraq Monday [4-3-17], his first visit to the country since assuming a broad portfolio of foreign POLICY in the Trump presidency. Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, was invited by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford, and is traveling with […]
3/6/2017
IMMIGRATION/IRAN/IRAQ/LIBYA/SOMALIA/SYRIA/TERRORISM/TRUMP EXECUTIVE ORDERS/YEMEN: “By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and to protect the Nation from terrorist activities by foreign nationals […]
3/6/2017
IMMIGRATION/IRAQ/TRAVEL BAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “Iraq was removed from a revised version of an executive order banning travel from certain Muslim-majority countries after intensive lobbying from the Iraqi government at the highest levels, a senior US official told CNN Monday. President Donald Trump signed the order midday in the Oval Office, according to the […]
7/31/2016
HILLARY/IRAQ/WAR: “I was viciously attacked by Mr. Khan at the Democratic Convention. Am I not allowed to respond? Hillary voted for the Iraq war, not me!” – 7/31/2016, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 7/31/2016 […]
5/26/2015
IRAQ/POLITICAL FIGURES: “If any candidate believes that with what we know today we still should have invaded Iraq then they are unqualified to be Commander-in-Chief.” – 5/26/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 5/26/2015 […]
5/12/2015
BUSH FAMILY/IRAQ/MEDIA: “Jeb Bush really blew his interview with @megynkelly – should cost him big time. Said he would do the disastrous Iraq war all over again” – 5/12/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 5/12/2015 […]
3/12/2015
IRAN/IRAQ/NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR: “Just as I have been saying for MANY years, and while they phony negotiate with the U.S. over nuclear, Iran is taking over Iraq. Really sad!” – 3/12/2015, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, 3/12/2015 […]
11/20/2014
IRAQ/ISIS/MILITARY: “Iraq should be paying us while we fight ISIS. Give the money to the families of our brave soldiers.” – 11/20/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/20/2014 […]
11/9/2014
CHINA/IRAQ/ISIS/OIL: “Remember, we don’t get any oil from Iraq, China gets whatever ISIS hasn’t already taken. So why isn’t China sending the troops? Too smart!” – 11/9/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/9/2014 […]
11/7/2014
IRAQ/OIL: “Do not go back into Iraq unless they agree, in a signed formal instrument, to give the U.S. 50% of their oil reserves.Make the deal dummies!” – 11/7/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/7/2014 […]
11/7/2014
IRAQ/POLITICAL FIGURES: “We spent TWO TRILLION DOLLARS in Iraq and got NOTHING. Now we are going back and will again get NOTHING because our leaders are clueless!” – 11/7/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/7/2014 […]
11/7/2014
IRAQ/MILITARY: “We are now sending thousands of additional troops to Iraq to teach them how to fight – they will run, billions wasted! WHAT DOES U.S. GET?” – 11/7/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 11/7/2014 […]
9/17/2014
IRAQ: “The Iraqi army has squandered the majority of the weapons & training we gave them for 10 long years. When will we learn?” – Sept. 17, 2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 9/17/2014 […]
8/8/2014
IRAQ/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Iraq is more dangerous today than any time under Saddam. War was a mistake, as I said from the very beginning. Bush & Obama should apologize” – 8/8/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/8/2014 […]
8/4/2014
IRAQ/OIL: “We should have taken the oil in Iraq, and now our mortal enemies have got it, and with no opposition. Really dumb U.S. pols! I’m so angry!” – 8/4/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/4/2014 […]
8/4/2014
IRAQ/ISIS/OIL: “Isis terror group has now fully taken over large sections of Iraq, and will soon have control of massive oil reserves. I told you so.” – 8/4/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/4/2014 […]
8/1/2014
IRAQ/OIL: “Just as I have been predicting for years, Iraq will fall to the people that hate the U.S. the most – just outside of Baghdad.’Keep the oil’” – 8/1/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 8/1/2014 […]
7/24/2014
IRAN/IRAQ/OIL/WAR: “Iran will only get stronger in Iraq with the latest civil war. We should have taken the oil immediately after the invasion.” – 7/24/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/24/2014 […]
7/4/2014
IRAQ/OIL: “After foolishly spending two trillion $’s and losing so many great young people, the U.S. will be the only one who won’t get the oil in Iraq” – 7/4/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/4/2014 […]
7/4/2014
IRAQ/OIL: “Do these very stupid politicians who got us involved in Iraq look bad, or what? Everybody wants their oil – only made possible by U.S.!” – 7/4/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 7/4/2014 […]
6/26/2014
IRAN/IRAQ/OBAMA ADMIN/SYRIA: “Now Syria is bombing Iraq and Secy. Kerry, after we blew the hell out of the place, says please don’t do that. Syria is a front for Iran.” – 6/26/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/26/2014 […]
6/26/2014
DONALD ON DONALD/IRAN/IRAQ: “As Iran began the process of taking over Iraq, many people wanted me to say that ‘I told you so! – so, I told you so.” – 6/26/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/26/2014 […]
6/23/2014
AFGHANISTAN/CLIMATE CHANGE/IRAQ/OBAMA ADMIN: “I wonder if when Secy. Kerry goes to Iraq and Afghanistan he pushes hard for them to look at GLOBAL WARMING and study the carbon footprint?” – 6/23/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/23/2014 […]
6/16/2014
IRAQ: “Iraq is no longer our problem. We never should have been there in the first place!” – 6/16/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/16/2014 […]
6/14/2014
IRAQ: “I have been very consistent and always said that Iraq would fall as soon as the U.S. left. What a terrible waste of lives and money!” – 6/14/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/14/2014 […]
6/14/2014
IRAN/IRAQ/OIL: “Iran is moving troops into Iraq under the guise that it is helping out. Actually, they will take over Iraq and all of their oil. Stupid U.S.” – 6/14/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/14/2014 […]
6/14/2014
IRAN/IRAQ/OBAMA/OIL: “Iran will convince our incompetent President that they are trying to help us with Iraq, take over the country & oil, and ‘O’ will say thanks” – 6/14/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/14/2014 […]
6/13/2014
IRAQ: “We should never have gone into Iraq but, once in, should have gotten out a lot faster. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” – 6/13/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/13/2014 […]
6/13/2014
IRAQ/OBAMA: “The Iraqi Army is useless. President Obama, stay the hell out of Iraq (we should never have been there in the first place).” – 6/13/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/13/2014 […]
6/12/2014
IRAQ/OIL: “Iraq told us to get out, Iraq is now falling, and Iraq now wants us to come back! Don’t do it unless we get the OIL, and I mean ALL OF IT!” – 6/12/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/12/2014 […]
6/11/2014
BUSH [W]/IRAQ/OBAMA: “Iraq is falling apart fast – two trillion dollars and so many deaths – Bush got us in and Obama took far too long to get us out!” – 6/11/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/11/2014 […]
6/10/2014
IRAQ/POLITICAL FIGURES: “Iraq is far worse and of more danger to the U.S. now than it ever was under Saddam Hussein – and this after $2 trillion and so many lives!” – 6/10/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/10/2014 […]
6/10/2014
BUSH [W]/IRAQ/OBAMA: “What I am saying is that we never should have been in Iraq in the first place. Bush was terrible, Obama is worse! Make America GREAT again.” – 6/10/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/10/2014 […]
6/10/2014
IRAQ/OIL: “I told you so a long time ago: Iraq just lost second largest city as their soldiers drop their guns and run. Only the beginning! OIL.” – 6/10/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 6/10/2014 […]
4/22/2014
IRAQ: “After thousands lost and spending two trillion dollars, Iraq (I told you so) is imploding. Really dumb pols put us and kept us there-so sad!” – 4/22/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/22/2014 […]
4/22/2014
CHINA/IRAN/IRAQ/OIL: “Once the tragic mistake of going into Iraq was made, we should have at least taken the oil (or at least some of it). Now Iran & China get it” – 4/22/2014, Donald Trump, Twitter.com, trumptwitterarchive.com, 4/22/2014 […]