<em>The Atlantic </em>Politics Daily: Sticks and Stones (and Tweets)
“In 20 years of writing about the military, I have never heard officers in high positions express such alarm about a president.” Plus: problems with the Iowa caucus.
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President Donald Trump faces backlash after conflicting messages about withdrawing American troops from positions in northeastern Syria—and thus leaving the U.S.’s local partners vulnerable to Turkish invasion.
The announcement took military and State Department officials by surprise.
