the flame of liberty burns forever bright. the president talked about his recent decision to bring the 2000 or so us troops serving in syria home saying the us presence was never supposed to be permanent, that move surprised many on both sides of the aisle and may have been a big factor leading to the resignation of defense secretary jim mattis. the president is due back in washington at any moment. shannon: jillian: we will have that live as soon as it happens. despite this is over his decision to pull troops from syria donald trump assured servicemembers in iraq that the us is still committed to defeating tara. the best and gorka says that message is another example of this white house reasserting american leadership. i spoke with the white house yesterday, the president was on his way to iraq.