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Trump's announcement of US withdrawal from Iraq and Operation Inherent Resolve's end

Trump says the last American forces are leaving Iraq and announces the operation's2026 end and orderly Erbil departure.

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  1. Donald Trump
    Trump

    United States

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    “Today, I am pleased to announce, that the last American Forces are leaving Iraq!”

    Trump announces that the last American forces are leaving Iraq and states that Operation Inherent Resolve ends in 2026.

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    Today, I am pleased to announce, that the last American Forces are leaving Iraq! It has been a long time, with very bad decision-making that got us involved in this quagmire in the first place, but soon, that will be part of History. This is a Great Day for America and, importantly, we leave with Iraq having a wonderful new Prime Minister, Ali al-Zaidi, somebody I supported from the beginning and fully endorsed. He won an Election that he was not expected to win, and did so, in a landslide! Launched in 2003 under the presidency of George W. Bush, and continued under the Administration of Barack Hussein Obama in 2014, and Sleepy Joe Biden, Operation Inherent Resolve ends in 2026 under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump. This Day is a victory for the United States, a victory for Iraq, and a decisive victory over ISIS, which has been completely decimated by the Trump...

    On the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.

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  2. Donald Trump
    Trump

    United States

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    Trump announces a proposed South Korean energy investment package

    Trump announces a proposed South Korean energy investment package in his White House remarks.

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    Remarks: Donald Trump Announces a New Multi-Billion Dollar LNG Investment - September 30, 2026 Donald Trump [00:00:00-00:00:30 (31 sec)] Thank you very much, everyone. I think you read my release. I put it out on Iraq. We're out of there. We have a very good prime minister, who I endorsed actually, in the election. He was not doing particularly well, but he was a great gentleman and a great man and I endorsed him, and he won. And we left Iraq after 23 years and, uh, billions and billions of dollars spent. Donald Trump [00:00:30-00:00:49 (19 sec)] We shouldn't have been there in the first place but we're now gone, and we took everything with us, every -- every nut, every bolt, every screw, every tank, every plane. We're -- we left Iraq. Isn't that nice? Should have never been there, but we should have left a long time ago. So I'm very honored to tell you that. Donald Trump...

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