all in the month that u.s. president donald trump tweeted the terror group defeated in syria. we have won against isis. reporter: trump s decision caught administration officials off guard. defense secretary james mattis resigned, followed short bye-bye anti-isis envoy brett mcgurk who just this month reassured allies in the region that thes would finish the job. nobody is saying that they re going to disappear. nobody is that naive. we want to stay on the ground and make sure that stability can be maintained. americans will remain on the ground after the physical defeat of the caliphate until after we are sure that those are stable. trump, who said he didn t know mcgurk, called him a grandstande grandstander. main ally against isis, syrian kurds are now abandoned,
home. we also discussed heavily expanded trade. what do you think that s about? people looking at him and saying if you have an ally, who is an ally for years in the middle east, including the kurds, who could lose their lives when we withdraw, it might be a good idea to give them a couple of months heads up to say when you re leaving. it s interesting to say i had a long and productive call with the turkish leadership today after you announce that you re withdrawing. my question is whether the u.s. military and our allies knew beforehand. and my sense, for example, from mr. mcgurk s resignation, is that the people who were involved in this didn t know that this was happening. you can withdraw, but you ve got to tell people before you re withdrawing so they have a chance to prepare. there have been blowbacks from allies, members of the president s own party on capitol hill. yet you have countries like turkey, and russia, cheering the president s decision to leave syria. why? beca