president trump went to see the troops in a combat zone at a time when he's made significant as it concerns about american foreign policy and there is also a shake-up of some of his senior leadership. the president and first lady left late christmas night under tight security to visit american forces serving in iraq at christmas time. some of the message was clearly to us those men and women a merry christmas and to thank them for their dedicated service. while the president has announced plans to withdraw troops from nearby syria, he says he plans to keep them in iraq where they can still launch strikes against isis. >> when i became president, they were a very dominant group. they were very dominant. today, they are not so dominant anymore. [cheers and applause] great job. >> the president had taken some heat from the media, noting he was the first commander-in-chief to not place at the in 15 years. then he landed at the airbase in iraq today, likely neutralizing