We will not talk about numbers of troops. That is new for the american presidency. At no point tonight did the president clarify anything about what would actually change militarily for the United States in afghanistan. If this speech is meant to be interpreted as an increase in Troop Strength in afghanistan, its the first time a president has announced an increase in Troop Strength without actually announcing an increase in Troop Strength. As commander in chief, i have determined that it is in our Vital National interest to send an additional 30,000 u. S. Troops to afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home. These are the resources that we need to seize the initiative while building the afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible transition of our forces out of afghanistan. And here is how president george w. Bush described the Military Surge that he ordered in iraq. So uch committed more than 20,000 additional american troops to iraq. The vast majority of t
talk about tomorrow night in phoenix when we goes there presumably in a rally environment he will be off teleprompter if he gets locked on a prompter i stays with it seems the next time he speaks he can t wait to be free of the teleprompt zbloer letting himself let trump be trump. i think the real danger in tomorrow night is that he revisits some of the racially charged sentiment that is aren t showmanship with him. trump has been a race baiter for decades. you know this is the same man who took out full page ads against black and latino teenagers in the late 1980 during the state patrol park jogger case inserted z himself into a midst of racially charged event because he could get publicity from it. also because he is used to foemting these kinds of divisions. the risk he runs tomorrow night after everything he has done in the last few day he revisits some of the problems that refirsted in the wake of charlottesville.
policy from any party matters to average voters. i think that s what s interesting in the whole debate around whether or not people are trying to sidestep him within the gop for 2020. i don t think we ll really know whether any of that stuff will get traction until the 2018 returns come in that will be the litmus test on what s happened with the base until then it s noise. talk about tomorrow night in phoenix when we goes there presumably in a rally environment he will be off teleprompter if he gets locked on a prompter i stays with it seems the next time he speaks he can t wait to be free of the teleprompt zbloer letting himself let trump be trump. i think the real danger in tomorrow night is that he revisits some of the racially charged sentiment that is aren t showmanship with him. trump has been a race baiter for decades. you know this is the same man who took out full page ads against black and latino