Washington • President Donald Trump vowed Monday to pull back from military involvement in the Middle East and leave it to others “to figure the situation out,” even as some of his Republican allies condemned him for abandoning allies and emboldening regional enemies.
In a series of Twitter messages, the president defended his decision to clear the way for a Turkish military operation that would sweep away the United States’ Kurdish allies near the Syrian border, arguing that the internecine conflict among forces in the region was not a top priority for a war-weary United States.