Trump on Troop Withdrawal From Syria: ‘Time to Get out of These Ridiculous Endless Wars’

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the InterContinental Barclay hotel during the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 23, 2019. Evan Vucci/AP Photo

President Donald Trump explained the rationale behind his decision to pull all U.S. troops from Syria, saying he wants the United States to “get out of these ridiculous endless wars.”

The White House announced on Oct. 6 that U.S. troops would pull out of northern Syria and hand over responsibility for captured ISIS members to Turkey.